Table 1 Parameters included in the Audit form (for an explanation, see text[10, 11])
From: Audit on the appropriateness of integrated COPD management: the “ALT-BPCO” project
1 | Spirometry performed less than 1 year previously ([10], pg. 38) |
2 | At least one global spirometry ([10], pg. 40) |
3 | Functional severity stage ([10], pg. 44) |
4 | Body mass index (BMI) ([10], pg. 46) |
5 | Comorbidities ([10], pg. 155-160) |
6 | Dyspnea ([10], pg. 46) |
7 | Type of scale used to assess Dyspnea ([10], pg. 46) |
8 | Walking test ([10], pg. 41) |
9 | Blood oxygen saturation ([10], pg. 40) |
10 | Arterial blood gases analysis ([10], pg. 40) |
11 | Smoking status ([10], pg. 54) |
12 | Pharmacological and behavioral smoking cessation treatment for smoker patients ([10], pg. 195) |
13 | Number of exacerbations in the previous year ([11], pg. 26) |
14 | Number of exacerbations treated with antibiotic and systemic steroids in the previous year ([11], pg. 26) |
15 | Treatment with oxygen therapy ([10], pg. 132) |
16 | Hospital admissions for COPD in the previous year ([10], pg. 131) |
17 | Admissions with use of mechanical ventilation ([10], pg. 133) |
18 | Second admission in less than three months from the previous hospitalization |
19 | Prescribed long-term respiratory therapy ([10], pg. 58-80) |
20 | Prescribed drugs ([10], pg. 58-80) |
21 | Need for pulmonary rehabilitation ([10], pg. 168) |
22 | Setting of pulmonary rehabilitation |