Medicus, Vol. 20 No. 2_Alergije, 2011.
Pregledni rad
Mistakes in Asthma Diagnosis – A Differential Diagnostic Trap or an Inadequate Diagnostic Procedure?
Nevenka Piskač-Živković
; KB Dubrava
Neven Tudorić
; KB Dubrava
Sažetak
Asthma diagnosis is based on a detailed medical history, physical examination of the chest, lung function tests and allergic status assessment. The diseases with similar clinical features, i.e. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, upper airways diseases, gastroesophageal reflux disease, vocal cord dysfunction, localized obstruction of airways and other numerous rare disorders are the most common differential diagnostic traps. One should note that these ambiguities may be solved in the majority of cases by complying with diagnostic standards given in asthma management guidelines. The noncompliance with these guidelines, i.e. asthma diagnosis made exclusively on the basis of a clinical impression, may lead to a wrong diagnosis and unnecessarily long administration of a differential therapy.
Ključne riječi
asthma; differential diagnosis; pulmonary function tests
Hrčak ID:
81079
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.12.2011.
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