In der Sächsischen Studie für Allgemeinmedizin (SESAM-2) war Husten das häufigste
Symptom, das eine Beratung durch den Hausarzt auslöste. Husten ist in erster Linie
eine Krankheit von Patienten mittleren Alters, wobei Frauen und Männer fast gleich
häufig betroffen sind. Im Gegensatz zum klinischen Krankengut, das eine große Bandbreite
an Differenzialdiagnosen liefert, fielen 91 % der Diagnosen in der Hausarztpraxis
in das Kapitel der ICD-10 respiratorische Probleme bei Neuerkrankungen. Um Schlussfolgerungen
für die Anamnestik zu ziehen wurde analysiert, welche Begleitbeschwerden signifikant
häufiger bei Hustenden vorkamen. Für die Behandlung des Hustens in der Praxis bedarf
es der Implementierung von evidenzbasierten Beratungs- und Managementkonzepten.
Coughing was the most frequently occurring symptom recorded by the Sesam-2 study of
GP consultation hours. Coughing is usually a complaint of the middle-aged, the incidence
being almost the same in males and females. 91 % of the diagnoses arrived at during
GP consultation hours were of the ICD-10 category of respiratory problems if the disease
was fresh. This differed considerably from the incidence of diagnoses in hospitals
where there is a great bandspread of differential diagnoses. For the purpose of arriving
at conclusions for the anamnesis, the relative frequency of associated symptoms was
analyzed. Treatment of cough depends on the implementation of concepts of counselling
and management based on collected evidence.
Key words
Cough - GP - causes for seeking medical advice - differential diagnoses - SESAM-2
study
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Thomas Frese
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