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A 1-day meeting, attended by invited respiratory and primary-care specialists all of whom had an international profile and a specific interest in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), considered specific research recommendations from the Global Initiative in Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) workshop report. Attendees discussed developing a tool to complement spirometry and help primary-care physicians assess treatment success in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Discussion focused on the requirement of such a tool, and the limitations of existing tools. Proposals followed for a simple, cost-effective checklist for primary-care. This paper is a consensus report of the discussions from the meeting. Decisions reached on the proposed questionnaire were unanimous.
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Reid, J., Price, D., van der Molen, T. et al. Development of a primary-care tool to assess treatment success in COPD: consensus report from a closed meeting of respiratory and primary-care specialists. Prim Care Respir J 13, 99–104 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.03.002
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.03.002
