Spirometry in primary care in a region of Northern Norway — before and after a brief training course

A short, decentralised 13-hour training course on COPD and spirometry was delivered to primary care doctors and their assistants. The percentage of general practitioner (GP) referral letters — on patients with suspected peripheral airways disease — which contained information about FVC and FEV(1) in...

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Published in:Primary Care Respiratory Journal
Main Author: Johansen, Stein
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2007
Subjects:
Short Report
Norway
Northern Norway
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6634191/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17380233
https://doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2007.00021
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Summary:A short, decentralised 13-hour training course on COPD and spirometry was delivered to primary care doctors and their assistants. The percentage of general practitioner (GP) referral letters — on patients with suspected peripheral airways disease — which contained information about FVC and FEV(1) increased from 9% before, to 56% after, the training course.

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