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Primary Care Respiratory Journal Current Issue

Volume 22 Issue 2 June 2013


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Editors' Choice

1: EDITORS’ CHOICE

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Correspondence

7: Pulmonary rehabilitation and qualitative research
Pages 148-0
David Salisbury
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Research Papers

8: Comparison of severity predictive rules for hospitalised nursing home-acquired pneumonia in Korea: a retrospective observational study
See editorial by Netuveli
Pages 149-154
Jong-Chan Lee, Hee-Jin Hwang, Yo-Han Park, Jun-Hyeon Joe, Jae-Ho Chung, Sang-Hwan Kim
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00011

9: Sensitisation patterns and association with age, gender, and clinical symptoms in children with allergic rhinitis in primary care: a cross-sectional study
Pages 155-160
Cindy MA de Bot, Esther Röder, David HJ Pols, Patrick JE Bindels, Roy Gerth van Wijk, Johannes C van der Wouden, Heleen Moed
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00015

10: Characteristics of patients preferring once-daily controller therapy for asthma and COPD: a retrospective cohort study
See editorial by Horne
Pages 161-168
David Price, Amanda J Lee, Erika J Sims, Linda Kemp, Elizabeth V Hillyer, Alison Chisholm, Julie von Ziegenweidt, Angela Williams
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11: Using the DOSE index to predict changes in health status of patients with COPD: a prospective cohort study
See editorial by Sundh et al
Pages 169-174
Myrte Rolink, Wouter van Dijk, Saskia van den Haak-Rongen, Willem Pieters, Tjard Schermer, Lisette van den Bemt
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00033

12: The CURB-65 scoring system in severity assessment of Eastern Nigerian patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective observational study
Pages 175-180
Godwin C Mbata, Chinwe J Chukwuka, Cajetan  C Onyedum, Basden J C Onwubere
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00034

13: Asthma control, quality of life, and the role of patient enablement: a cross-sectional observational study
Pages 181-187
Jaime Correia de Sousa, Alexandra Pina, Ana Margarida Cruz, Ana Quelhas, Filipa Almada-Lobo, Joana Cabrita, Pedro Oliveira, John Yaphe
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00037

14: Effects of a written asthma action plan on caregivers’ management of children with asthma: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey
See editorial by Marshall et al
Pages 188-194
Ngiap Chuan Tan, Zhaojin Chen, Wern Fern Soo, Agnes Soh Heng Ngoh, Bee Choo Tai
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00040

15: Is spirometry properly used to diagnose COPD? Results from the BOLD study in Salzburg, Austria: a population-based analytical study
See editorial by Marks
Pages 195-200
Bernd Lamprecht, Andrea Mahringer, Joan B Soriano, Bernhard Kaiser, A Sonia Buist, Michael Studnicka
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16: Inappropriate prescribing of inhaled corticosteroids: are they being prescribed for respiratory tract infections? A retrospective cohort study
Pages 201-208
Leanne M Poulos, Rosario D Ampon, Guy B Marks, Helen K Reddel
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17: The effectiveness gap in COPD: a mixed methods international comparative study
Pages 209-213
Nick Bosanquet, Lucy Dean, Irina Iordachescu, Colm Sheehy
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18: Alarmingly high prevalence of smoking and symptoms of bronchitis in young women in Sweden: a population-based questionnaire study
Pages 214-220
Göran Wennergren, Linda Ekerljung, Bernt Alm, Anders Bjerg, Jan Lötvall, Bo Lundbäck
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00043

Clinical Review

19: Spirometry in children
Pages 221-229
Kana Ram Jat
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Discussion Paper

20: Expanding nurse practice in COPD: is it key to providing high quality, effective and safe patient care?
Pages 230-233
Monica J Fletcher, Birthe H Dahl
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Guideline Summary

21: Managing patients with stable respiratory disease planning air travel: a primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society recommendations
Pages 234-238
Lynn K Josephs, Robina K Coker, Mike Thomas, on behalf of the BTS Air Travel Working Group
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Inaugural lecture

22: Global strategies for reducing the burden from asthma
Pages 239-243
Onno CP van Schayck
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education@pcrj

Case-based Learning

23: Asthma in the workplace: a case-based discussion and review of current evidence
Pages 244-248
David Fishwick, Chris Barber, Samantha Walker, Alister Scott
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Perspective

24: Pneumoconiosis
Pages 249-252
Paul Cullinan, Peter Reid
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Journalwatch@pcrj

25: Journalwatch@pcrj
Pages 253-257

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News

26: News
Pages 258-260

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Online extension

Protocol Summaries

1: The BREATHE study: Breathing REtraining for Asthma – Trial of Home Exercises. A protocol summary of a randomised controlled trial
Anne Bruton, Sarah Kirby, Emily Arden-Close, Lynda Taylor, Frances Webley, Steve George, Lucy Yardley, David Price, Michael Moore, Paul Little, Stephen Holgate, Ratko Djukanovic, Amanda J Lee, James Raftery, Maria Chorozoglou, Jenny Versnel, Ian Pavord, Mark Stafford-Watson, Mike Thomas
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00047

2: Models for estimating projections for the prevalence and disease burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): systematic review protocol
Susannah McLean, Sarah H Wild, Colin R Simpson, Aziz Sheikh
View full text as PDF document | DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00048

Online first: latest articles
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1: Asthma and the immune response to MMR vaccine viruses in Somali immigrant children: a cross-sectional retrospective cohort study
Apurvi R Patel, John Zietlow, Robert M Jacobson, Gregory A Poland, Young J Juhn • Published online: 1 May 2013

2: Comparison between an online self-administered and an interviewer-administered version of the Asthma Control Questionnaire: a cross-sectional validation study
Persijn J Honkoop, Rik JB Loijmans, Evelien H Termeer, Jiska B Snoeck-Stroband, Gerben ter Riet, Tjard RJ Schermer, Jacob K Sont, for the ACCURATE Study Group • Published online: 25 April 2013

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