COPD Underdiagnosis and Misdiagnosis in a High-Risk Primary Care Population in Four Latin American Countries. A Key to Enhance Disease Diagnosis: The PUMA Study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 4; p. e0152266
• Main Authors: Casas Herrera, Alejandro, Montes de Oca, Maria, López Varela, Maria Victorina, Aguirre, Carlos, Schiavi, Eduardo, Jardim, José R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.04.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Airway management; Body mass; Body mass index; Body size; Bronchitis; Bronchodilators; Care and treatment; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Criteria; Diagnosis; Diagnostic Errors; Dyspnea; Emphysema; Female; Health care; Hospitals; Humans; Latin America - epidemiology; Lung diseases; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Patients; People and Places; Population; Prevalence; Primary care; Primary Health Care; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology; Questionnaires; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiration; Respiratory tract; Skin; Spirometry; Wheezing; Latin America; Brazil; Venezuela; Colombia; Argentina; Uruguay; China; Spain

Acknowledgement of COPD underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis in primary care can contribute to improved disease diagnosis. PUMA is an international primary care study in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay. To assess COPD underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis in primary care and identify factors associa...