The Primary Care Respiratory Journal: Current Issue http://www.thepcrj.org Current Issue: Volume 18 Issue 4 December 2009 EDITORS’ CHOICE http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00067 http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00067 Spirometry in primary care http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00065 Martin Miller http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00065 Inhaler choice and inhalation technique: key factors for asthma control http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00069 Federico Lavorini, Mark Levy, PN Dekhuijzen, Graham Crompton, on behalf of the ADMIT Working Group http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00069 Not all asthma inhalers are the same: factors to consider when prescribing an inhaler http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00029 Henry Chrystyn, David Price http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00029 Guidelines for allergic rhinitis need to be used in primary care http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00028 David Costa, Philippe Bousquet, Dermot Ryan, David Price, Pascal Demoly, Jan Brozek, Holger Schünemann, Jean Bousquet http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00028 Food allergy and asthma http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00036 J Bird, A Burks http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00036 The impact of prescription charges on asthma patients is uneven and unpredictable: evidence from qualitative interviews http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00012 Ellen Schafheutle http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00012 Access to care in advanced COPD: factors that influence contact with general practice services http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00013 Cathy Shipman, Suzanne White, Marjolein Gysels, Patrick White http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00013 Asthma control in primary care in Sweden: a comparison between 2001 and 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00024 Björn Ställberg, Karin Lisspers, Mikael Hasselgren, Christer Janson, Gunnar Johansson, Kurt Svärdsudd http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00024 Development of a questionnaire for the assessment of bronchial hyperresponsiveness http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00026 Roland Riemersma, Dirkje Postma, Huib Kerstjens, Kevin Buijssen, Marike Boezen, Renee Aalbers, Wim Veldhuizen, Jaap Strijbos, Thys van der Molen http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00026 Women, patients with severe asthma, and patients attended by primary care physicians, are at higher risk of suffering from poorly controlled asthma http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00027 Carlos Badiola, Llorenc Badiella, Vicente Plaza, Luis Prieto, Jesús Molina, José Villa, Enrique Cimas http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00027 The value of self-report assessment of adherence, rhinitis and smoking in relation to asthma control http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00037 Jane Clatworthy, David Price, Dermot Ryan, John Haughney, Rob Horne http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00037 A feasible lifestyle program for early intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a pilot study in primary care http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00041 Maria Norrhall, Anna Nilsfelt, Edgardo Varas, Ronny Larsson, Dan Curiac, Gösta Axelsson, Jörgen Månsson, Jonas Brisman, Anna-Lena Söderström, Cecilia Björkelund, Jörgen Thorn http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00041 Service evaluation of a UK primary care-based allergy clinic: quality improvement report http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00042 Mark Levy, Samantha Walker, Angie Woods, Aziz Sheikh http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00042 Outcomes using exhaled nitric oxide measurements as an adjunct to primary care asthma management http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00060 Richard Hewitt, Catherine Modrich, Jan Cowan, G Herbison, D Taylor http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00060 The prevalence of asthma in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00020 Mohammed Alharbi, Abdulelah Almutairi, Dhawi Alotaibi, Azam Alotaibi, Shaffi Shaikh, Ahmed BaHammam http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00020 Middle lobe syndrome in the left lower lobe in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00018 Allen Blaivas, Walter Strauss http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00018 The Lady Windermere Syndrome http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00019 Surya  Bhatt, Sudip Nanda, John Kintzer http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00019 An unusual presentation of alveolar hemorrhage http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00049 Jesús Román-Vélez, Ruth Martínez-Camacho, Diógenes Alayón-Laguer, Ricardo Fernández-González, Raul Reyes-Sosa, Glorimar Santos-Llanos, Miguel Colón-Pérez, Dimas Ferrer http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00049 The pulse oximeter: learning to punch above its weight? http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00021 Andrew Medford http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00021 Intermittent use of inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of mild asthma is not recommended http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00066 Neil Barnes, Graham Douglas, Bernard Higgins http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00066 The CYMPLA trial. Mobile phone-based structured intervention to achieve asthma control in patients with uncontrolled persistent asthma: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00064 Dermot Ryan, Hilary Pinnock, Amanda Lee, Lionel Tarassenko, Claudia Pagliari, Aziz Sheikh, David Price http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00064 News http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00068 http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00068