Choosing wisely: adherence by physicians to recommended use of spirometry in the diagnosis and management of adult asthma.

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Abstract

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) and the American Thoracic Society provide guidelines stating that physicians should use spirometry in the diagnosis and management of asthma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the trends, over a 10-year period, in the utilization of spirometry in patients newly diagnosed with asthma. We hypothesized that spirometry use would increase in physicians who care for asthma patients, especially since 2007, when the revised NAEPP guidelines were published.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am. J. Med.

Title: The American journal of medicine

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1555-7162

ISSN (Print): 0002-9343

Publication date (Electronic): May 2015

Volume: 128

Issue: 5

Affiliations

[1 ] Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Electronic address: Kcsokol@utmb.edu.

[2 ] Sealy & Smith Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

[3 ] Office of Biostatistics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

[4 ] Child Health Research Center Laboratory, Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0002-9343(14)01224-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.12.006

PubMed ID: 25554370

SO-VID: 4e34886f-53f5-462d-b09e-9f4c89394e9a

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Keywords: Asthma,Choosing Wisely,Cost,Pulmonary function test,Spirometry

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Keywords: Asthma, Choosing Wisely, Cost, Pulmonary function test, Spirometry

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