Confirming a diagnosis of COPD
Steps 1 and 2 of the All-Wales COPD Management and Prescribing Guideline focuses on the Assessment of a patient with a potential diagnosis of COPD and confirmation of a diagnosis with the gold-standard diagnostic test. Check out this Tutorial with Dr Simon Barry who explores this further.
Steps 1 and 2 of the All-Wales COPD Management and Prescribing Guideline focuses on the Assessment of a patient with a potential diagnosis of COPD and confirmation of a diagnosis with the gold-standard diagnostic test. Check out this Tutorial with Dr Simon Barry who explores this further.
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The National primary care COPD audit for Wales highlighted one in four patients do not have a record of post-bronchodilator spirometry consistent with the diagnosis of COPD. Furthermore, too few COPD patients undertake the greatest value non-pharmacological interventions and too many are instead put on triple therapy inappropriately. Endorsed by the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) and the Respiratory Health Implementation Group (RHIG), the All-Wales COPD Management and Prescribing guideline standardises management of patients with COPD.
