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Primary Care Respiratory Journal Current Issue

Volume 20 Issue 4 December 2011


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Editors' Choice

1: EDITORS’ CHOICE

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Editorials

2: Next steps in reforming the PCRJ’s peer review process
Pages 347-348
Aziz Sheikh, Paul Stephenson
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3: Assessing inflammatory phenotypes and improving the cost-effectiveness of asthma and COPD care in the community
See Research paper by Tilemann et al., pg 407
Pages 349-350
Mike Thomas, D Robin Taylor
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00087

4: Telehealth in practice: using Normalisation Process Theory to bridge the translational gap
See Research paper by Godden and King, pg 415
Pages 351-352
Deborah Morrison, Frances S Mair
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00092

5: The art of medicine: recognising influenza and pneumonia
See Research paper by Nakanishi et al., pg 421
Pages 353-354
Wei Shen Lim
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00099

6: Pulmonary rehabilitation in the management of COPD: more than one way to skin a cat
See Research paper by Zakrisson et al., pg 427
Pages 355-356
Maureen George, Monica Fletcher
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00100

Correspondence

7: A nurse-led multidisciplinary COPD programme: potential flaws in the results?
Pages 357-358
Annemarije L Kruis, Niels H Chavannes
Authors' reply
Ann-Britt Zakrisson, Peter Engfeldt on behalf of the co-authors
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00084

8: Investigating the potential of hand-held expiratory flow meters in COPD screening programmes
Page 359
Simon Beecroft, Nigel Masters, Catherine Tutt
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Clinical Reviews

9: Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment of respiratory tract infections in a primary care setting: are we there yet?
Pages 360-367
Rune Aabenhus, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00064

Commentary

10: Inflammatory markers are helpful when treating LRTI in primary care
Pages 367-369
Hasse Melbye, Nick A Francis, Christopher C Butler
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00086

11: Reconsidering sex-based stereotypes of COPD
Pages 370-378
Jill Ohar, Leonard Fromer, James F Donohue
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Commentary

12: Sex and gender differences in COPD: challenging the stereotypes
Pages 378-379
Audrey DunnGalvin
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13: Efficacy of indacaterol in the treatment of patients with COPD
Pages 380-388
Paul W Jones, Neil Barnes, Claus Vogelmeier, David Lawrence, Benjamin Kramer
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Research Papers

14: The importance of clinical management problems in older people with COPD and asthma: do patients and physicians agree?
Pages 389-395
Vanessa M McDonald, Isabel Higgins, Jodie L Simpson, Peter G Gibson
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15: Factors associated with misdiagnosis of COPD in primary care
Pages 396-402
Julia A Walters, E Haydn Walters, Mark Nelson, Andrew Robinson, Jenn Scott, Paul Turner, Richard Wood-Baker
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16: Correlation between peak flow and body mass index in obese and non-obese children in Kocaeli, Turkey
Pages 403-406
Zuhal Gundogdu, Nihal Eryilmaz
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00061

17: Differences in local and systemic inflammatory markers in patients with obstructive airways disease
Pages 407-414
Lisa Tilemann, Lena Gindner, Franz Meyer, Joachim Szecsenyi, Antonius Schneider
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00069

18: Rational development of telehealth to support primary care respiratory medicine: patient distribution and organisational factors
Pages 415-420
David John Godden, Gerry King
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19: Community-acquired pneumonia distinguished from influenza infection based on clinical signs and symptoms during a novel (swine) influenza A/H1N1 pandemic
Pages 421-426
Masanori Nakanishi, Yishimasa Yoshida, Nobuya Takeda, Hirohumi Hirana, Takahiro Horita, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Kazuyuki Hiratani, Shigeo Toyoda, Takayuki Matsumura, Eiji Shinno, Akihiro Hutamura, Masanari Ota, Toshoki Natazuka
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00067

20: Nurse-led multidisciplinary programme for patients with COPD in primary health care: a controlled trial
Pages 427-433
Ann-Britt Zakrisson, Peter Engfeldt, Doris Hägglund, Sigrid Odencrants, Mikael Hasselgren, Mats Arne, Kersti Theander
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00060

21: Measuring walking speed in COPD: test-retest reliability of the 30-metre walk test and comparison with the 6-minute walk test
Pages 434-440
Mikael Andersson, Linda Moberg, Ulla Svantesson, Ann Sundbom, Henrik Johansson, Margareta Emtner
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00082

22: Effectiveness of Spirometry Fundamentals™ for increasing the proper use of spirometry in patients with asthma and COPD
Pages 441-447
Brooke Latzke-Davis, James Stout, Karen Smith, Cam Solomon, Michelle Garrison, Rita Mangione-Smith
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00080

23: Knowledge of asthma management by general practitioners in Karachi, Pakistan: comparison with international guidelines
Pages 448-451
Nizar Bhulani, Saima Lalani, Aziez Ahmed, Yahya Jan, Urooba Faheem, Ayub Khan, Zahra Samani, Wahaj Aman, Faria Bhatti, Omar Hayat, Omar Hayat, Sarah Saleem
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00096

Letters

24: Is it feasible to use indicators to collect data on asthma care performance in the primary care setting? A feasibility study
Pages 452-453
Teresa To, Susan McLimont, Corinne Daly, Ginette Moores, Andrea Gershon, Diane Lougheed
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00081

25: Lung function changes in non-asthmatic allergic rhinitis patients: a case series
Pages 454-456
Yousser Mohammad, Rafea Shaaban, Moustafa Ibrahim, Moussa Ismail
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00089

26: Knowledge of pulse oximetry among general practitioners in South Australia
Pages 457-458
Quirine CA Huijgen, Tanja W Effing, Kerry L Hancock, Tjard R Schermer, Alan J Crockett
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Case Report

27: Lumbo-sacral spine disease due to bovine tuberculosis in a patient with concurrent pulmonary disease
Pages 459-461
Nawaid Ahmad, Koottalai Srinivasan, Jeannette Panayi, Harmesh Moudgil
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00037

News

28: News
Pages 463-466

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Corrigendum

29: Corrigendum to 'Asthma incidence and accuracy of diagnosis in the Portuguese sentinel practice network' (Prim Care Resp J 2010;19(4):352-357)
Page 414
Jaime Correia de Sousa, Manuel Luciano Silva, Filipa Almada Lobo, John Yaphe
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00105

Online Extension

Abstracts

1: Selected abstracts from the PCRS-UK conference, Telford, UK, 7th-8th October 2011

View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00108

Acknowledgement to 2011 Reviewers
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1: Prioritising the respiratory research needs of primary care: the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) e-Delphi exercise
Hilary Pinnock, Anders Østrem, Miguel Roman Rodriguez, Dermot Ryan, Björn Ställberg, Mike Thomas, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Siân Williams, Osman Yusuf • Published online: 24 January 2012

2: Agreement between self-report and medical records on signs and symptoms of respiratory illness
Angela M Barbara, Mark Loeb, Lisa Dolovich, Kevin Brazil, Margaret Russell • Published online: 24 January 2012

3: Asthma monitoring in primary care: time to gather more robust evidence
Justin Beilby • Published online: 24 January 2012

4: Impact of graphic format on perception of change in biological data: implications for health monitoring in conditions such as asthma
Jesse Jansen, Kirsten J McCaffery, Andrew Hayen, David Ma, Helen K Reddel • Published online: 23 January 2012

5: Streptococcus pyogenes upper respiratory infection and atopic conditions other than asthma: a retrospective cohort study
Young J Juhn, Diana Frey, Xujian Li, Robert Jacobson • Published online: 23 January 2012

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