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Volume 19 Issue 2 June 2010

Editors' Choice

1: EDITORS’ CHOICE


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Editorial

2: Check the FEV1 for all adult smokers, even patients without respiratory symptoms
Pages 91-92
Paul Enright

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Review

3: The role of combination inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting β-agonist therapy in COPD management
Pages 93-103
Douglas Mapel, Judith S Hurley, Anand A Dalal, Christopher M Blanchette

View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00020

Original Research

4: The effectiveness of a social marketing model on casefinding for COPD in a deprived inner city population
Pages 104-108
Ricardo JP José, June Roberts, Nawar Diar Bakerly

View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00050

5: Pneumonia among COPD patients using inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting bronchodilators
Pages 109-117
Douglas Mapel, Michael Schum, Marianne Yood, Jeffrey Brown, David Miller, Kourtney Davis

View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00072

6: Low body mass index, airflow obstruction, and dyspnoea in a primary care COPD patient population
Pages 118-123
Lisette van den Bemt, Ivo JM Smeele, Martijn Kolkman, Richard Grol, Chris van Weel, Tjard RJ Schermer

View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00073

7: The feasibility of recruiting patients with early COPD to a pilot trial assessing the effects of a physical activity intervention
Pages 124-130
James Faulkner, Emily Walshaw, John Campbell, Rupert Jones, Rod Taylor, David Price, Adrian H Taylor

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8: What happens to patients who have their asthma device switched without their consent?
Pages 131-139
Scott Doyle, Andrew Lloyd, Angela Williams, Henry Chrystyn, Mandy Moffat, Mike Thomas, David Price

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9: Set-up and pilot of a population cohort for the study of the natural history of COPD and OSA: the PULSAIB study
Pages 140-147
Joan B Soriano, Aina Yáñez, Feliu Renom, Mónica de la Peña, Amalia Gómez, Rosa Duro, Ana Uréndez, Miguel Román

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10: Correlates of adherence to respiratory drugs in COPD patients
Pages 148-154
Laurent Laforest, Francois Denis, Eric Van Ganse, Cecile Ritleng, Christel Saussier, Nadine Passante, Gilles Devouassoux, Gerard Chatté, Nathalie Freymond, Yves Pacheco

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11: Pulmonary function testing in the Emergency Department and medications prescribed at discharge: results of the Multinational Acute asthma Management, Burden, and Outcomes (MAMBO) study
Pages 155-162
J Mark Fitzgerald, Paul M O'Byrne, Jeffrey T McFetridge, Dirk Demuth, Felicia C Allen-Ramey

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12: Patient-reported respiratory symptoms and prebronchodilator airflow limitation among smokers in Switzerland
Pages 163-169
David Miedinger, Anette Linz, Claudia Praehauser, Prashant N Chhajed, Christian Buess, Salome Schafroth Török, Heiner C Bucher, Michael Tamm, Jörg D Leuppi

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Research into Practice

13: Lessons from the major studies in COPD: problems and pitfalls in translating research evidence into practice
Pages 170-179
David MG Halpin

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Short Report

14: Knowledge of asthma guidelines: results of a UK General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG) web-based ‘Test your Knowledge’ quiz
Pages 180-184
Hilary Pinnock, Steve Holmes, Mark L Levy, Ruth McArthur, Iain Small

View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00052

Case Report

15: Type IV delayed-type hypersensitivity of the respiratory tract due to budesonide use: report of two cases and a literature review
Pages 185-188
Constantinos Pitsios, Efthalia C Stefanaki, Arthur Helbling

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Correspondence

16: Asthma: time for a change?
Pages 189-191
Catalina Panaitescu, Cristian Sever Oana

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17: Recommendations on repeatability of spirometry
Pages 192-193
Monica Fletcher, Chris Loveridge

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18: FEV1 and FVC repeatability goals when performing spirometry
Page 194
Paul Enright

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News

19: News
Pages 195-196


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Abstracts

20: 5th IPCRG World Conference, June 2-5 2010, Toronto, Canada Abstracts accepted for publication in the PCRJ


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Corrigendum

21: Corrigendum to ‘Primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: 2009 update’ (Prim Care Resp J 2010;19(1):21-27)
Page 108
Mark L Levy, Ivan Le Jeune, Mark A Woodhead, John T Macfarlaned, Wei Shen Lim, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults Guideline Group

View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00038