Diagnostic Spirometry in Primary Care: Proposed standards for general practice compliant with American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society recommendations Export

@article{citeulike:6040531, abstract = {Primary care spirometry services can be provided by trained primary care staff, peripatetic specialist services, or through referral to hospital-based or laboratory spirometry. The first of these options is the focus of this Standards Document. It aims to provide detailed information for clinicians, managers and healthcare commissioners on the key areas of quality required for diagnostic spirometry in primary care - including training requirements and quality assurance. These proposals and recommendations are designed to raise the standard of spirometry and respiratory diagnosis in primary care and to provide the impetus for debate, improvement and maintenance of quality for diagnostic (rather than screening) spirometry performed in primary care. This document should therefore challenge current performance and should constitute an aspirational guide for delivery of this service. 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00054}, author = {Levy, Mark L. and Quanjer, Philip H. and Booker, Rachel and Cooper, Brendan G. and Holmes, Steve and Small, Iain}, citeulike-article-id = {6040531}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00054}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/pcrj-2009-07-0057}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=653&article=&volissue=&journal=&art_app=}, doi = {10.4104/pcrj.2009.00054}, issn = {1471-4418}, journal = {Prim Care Resp J}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {130--147}, posted-at = {2009-10-31 11:44:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Diagnostic Spirometry in Primary Care: Proposed standards for general practice compliant with American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society recommendations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00054}, volume = {18}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6040531 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6040531 N2 - Primary care spirometry services can be provided by trained primary care staff, peripatetic specialist services, or through referral to hospital-based or laboratory spirometry. The first of these options is the focus of this Standards Document. It aims to provide detailed information for clinicians, managers and healthcare commissioners on the key areas of quality required for diagnostic spirometry in primary care - including training requirements and quality assurance. These proposals and recommendations are designed to raise the standard of spirometry and respiratory diagnosis in primary care and to provide the impetus for debate, improvement and maintenance of quality for diagnostic (rather than screening) spirometry performed in primary care. This document should therefore challenge current performance and should constitute an aspirational guide for delivery of this service. 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00054 IS - 3 JF - Prim Care Resp J SN - 1471-4418 EP - 147 TI - Diagnostic Spirometry in Primary Care: Proposed standards for general practice compliant with American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society recommendations VL - 18 SP - 130 AU - Levy, Mark AU - Quanjer, Philip AU - Booker, Rachel AU - Cooper, Brendan AU - Holmes, Steve AU - Small, Iain PY - 2009/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00054 ER -