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Exacerbated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a Frequently Unrecognized Condition by R. ANTONELLI INCALZI; L. FUSO; M. SERRA; S. BASSO; L. CAROSELLA; L. M. TRAMAGLINO; R. PISTELLI; P. CARBONIN is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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**Abstract.** Incalzi RA, Fuso L, Serra M, Basso S, Carosella L, Tramaglino LM, Pistelli R, Carbonin P. (Department of Geriatrics and Department of Respiratory Physiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy). Exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a frequently unrecognized condition. __J Intern Med__ 2002; **252:** 48–55. **Objectives.** To assess to which extent exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unrecognized in the emergency department, which factors account for misdiagnosis and which are the effects of misdiagnosis on patient's management. **Design.** Retrospective study and stratified random sampling method as selection criterion. **Setting.** University Hospital. **Subjects.** Eighty patients representative of those discharged from the wards of medicine with a diagnosis of exacerbated COPD and 72 having a discharge diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) were studied. **Main outcome measures.** Degree of concordance between admission and discharge diagnosis; presenting symptoms and signs of patients correctly or incorrectly classified on admission; impact of diagnostic procedures carried out by the physician on call on patient's manag
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- Author
- R. ANTONELLI INCALZI; L. FUSO; M. SERRA; S. BASSO; L. CAROSELLA; L. M. TRAMAGLINO; R. PISTELLI; P. CARBONIN
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0954-6820)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)