Volume 18 Issue 3, September 2009

Impact factor and its role in academic promotion

• Mark L Levy

Spirometry performance in primary care: the problem, and possible solutions

• Christine Jenkins

Diagnostic Spirometry in Primary Care: Proposed standards for general practice compliant with American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society recommendations.

• Mark L Levy
• Philip H Quanjer
• Iain R Small

The ADMIT series — Issues in Inhalation Therapy. 3) Mild persistent asthma: the case for inhaled corticosteroid therapy

• Chris J Corrigan
• Mark L Levy
• Graham K Crompton

Technology and its role in respiratory care

• Sheree M Smith
• Sarah L Elkin
• Martyn R Partridge

Factors influencing the response to postal questionnaire surveys about respiratory symptoms

• Michelle Hazell
• Julie Morris
• Timothy Frank

Integrated disease management improves one-year quality of life in primary care COPD patients: a controlled clinical trial

• Niels H Chavannesa
• Marlous Grijsen
• Jean Muris

Diagnostic assessments of spirometry and medical history data by respiratory specialists supporting primary care: are they reliable?

• Annelies EM Lucas
• Frank JWM Smeenk
• Onno CP van Schayck

Correction: Corrigendum to ‘Asthma Programme in Finland: the quality of primary care spirometry is good’ (Prim Care Resp J 2008;17(4):226-231)

• Leena E Tuomisto
• Vesa Jarvinen
• Pirkko E Brander

How often does spirometry testing induce cardiac arrhythmias?

• Claudio Gil Araújoa
• Lauro C Vianna

Spirometry expert support in family practice: a cluster-randomised trial

• Patrick JP Poels
• Tjard RJ Schermer
• Chris van Weelf

Development and validation of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Questionnaire (COPD-AQ)

• William C Bailey
• Frank C Sciurba
• Fernando J Martinez

Improving the process and outcome of care in COPD: development of a standardised assessment tool

• Paul Jones
• Gale Harding
• Nancy Leidy

Spirometry in primary care case-identification, diagnosis and management of COPD

• David Price
• Alan Crockett
• Barbara Yawn

The effect of acute rhinosinusitis on pulmonary function in adults

• Jens Georg Hansen

Accuracy of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) and fibrinogen compared to C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiating pneumonia from acute bronchitis in primary care

• Rogier M Hopstaken
• Jochen WL Cals
• Geert-Jan Dinant

Dr Ian Gregg 1925-2009

• John P McNaughton

Office spirometry: to refer or not to refer?

• Patrick JP Poels
• Tjard R Schermer

Authors' reply

• Leena E Tuomisto
• Vesa Järvinen
• Pirkko E Brander

The impact of a telemetric chronic obstructive pulmonary disease monitoring service: randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation and nested qualitative study

• Hilary Pinnock
• Janet Hanley
• Brian McKinstryh

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IPCRG International Scientific Conference 5th June 2009, Stansted airport, UK Abstracts selected for the PCRJ