Mistakes in Daily Clinical Practice in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bronchial Asthma in Our Country
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Mistakes in Daily Clinical Practice in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bronchial Asthma in Our Country

Thorac Res Pract 2002;3(2):213-216
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Abstract

Although there are some diagnostic and therapeutic protocols mentioned in the textbooks and in some renewed consensus reports, these are not always applied to daily practice. It is supposed that there are some special mistakes in the clinical practice of asthma in our country. Asthmatic patients can be misdiagnosed or other patients can be diagnosed as asthma, in addition to undertreatment which is a common problem. Patient education is important and more time should be spend on it. Most of the problems can be solved by educating the physicians in addition to asthmatic patients.

Keywords: bronchial asthma, Turkey, clinical practice