OVERDIAGNOSIS OF COPD AND ASTHMA IN DYSPNEIC ELDERLY PATIENTS

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Dogan Mulazimoglu D., KAYACAN O.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.25, sa.2, ss.204-214, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.31086/tjgeri.2022.277
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.204-214
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Asthma, Dyspnea, Geriatrics, Diagnostic Errors, DIAGNOSIS, OBSTRUCTION
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Dyspnea, chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma are common in the elderly population. Because of difficulties in diagnostic testing, overdiagnosis of certain diseases is very frequent in this age group.