Background: Dyspnea is a common symptom that has many causes, including obstructive
airway disorders. We sought to examine previous diagnosis of obstructive airway disorders …

Aim To analyze the accuracy of diagnosis in a population receiving inhaled therapies due to
respiratory diseases in a primary care setting. Method Noninterventional, multicenter, cross …

Study Objectives: To document the rate of diagnostic certainty, co-morbidity and use of
medication in patients with presumed obstructive airway disease (OAD) in a primary care …

Introduction Spirometry is required to make a clinical diagnosis of COPD, confirming
persistent airflow limitation. However, studies suggest that making the correct diagnosis of …

The aim of the present study was to explore differences in the clinical expression, clinical
diagnoses and management of airway diseases in a primary-care setting. Patients aged≥ …

Rationale: inhaled medications, perhaps without a proper diagnostic workup. Pulmonary
function testing, in the context of an appropriate history and physical examination, can assist …

Respiratory complaints are common in primary care, and many patients receive treatment for
suspected asthma or COPD without objective testing. Unfortunately, these clinical diagnoses …

Background: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have major
symptoms in common. However, the mode of the underlying chronic airway inflammation is …

Introduction: Asthma is diagnosed based on patients' respiratory symptoms of wheeze,
cough, chest tightness and/or dyspnea together with physiologic evidence of variable and …

Collectively, obstructive lung diseases are leading causes of respiratory morbidity and
mortality, yet in practice, they are often under-recognised or under-diagnosed. In response …