Validity of Asthma Diagnosis in Residency Primary Care Clinics

Results Of the 117 patients studied, only 26% (31/117) of the patients had even had PFTs done and of those only 16% (5/31) had PFTs consistent with asthma. [...]out of the total 117 patients, only 4% (5/117) met ATS criteria for the diagnosis of asthma.

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Published in:	Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 135; no. 2; p. AB245
Main Authors:	Dullet, Suneet, Hamadani, Syeda, Rossetti, Gina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	St. Louis Elsevier Limited 01-02-2015
Subjects:	Allergy and Immunology Asthma Internal medicine Mortality Primary care
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Summary:	Results Of the 117 patients studied, only 26% (31/117) of the patients had even had PFTs done and of those only 16% (5/31) had PFTs consistent with asthma. [...]out of the total 117 patients, only 4% (5/117) met ATS criteria for the diagnosis of asthma.
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ISSN:	0091-6749 1097-6825
DOI:	10.1016/j.jaci.2014.12.1736