Volume 20 Issue 2, June 2011

Taking the long view of COPD care

• Peter MA Calverley

Translating guidelines into community practice: signs and symptoms are not enough

• Barbara Yawn

Interpreting the diagnostic accuracy of tools for early detection of COPD

• Daniel Kotz
• Onno CP van Schayck

Action needed on asthma plans

• Helen K Reddel

Adherence to asthma medication: a question of ability?

• Rob Horne

Diagnostic assessment of patients with interstitial lung disease

• Mridu Gulati

Pulmonary function outcomes in bronchopulmonary dysplasia through childhood and into adulthood: implications for primary care

• Don Hayes Jr
• J Thomas Meadows Jr
• Hubert O Ballard

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: the challenges for primary care

• Duncan Keeley

Primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society Guideline on the management of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

• Adam T Hill
• Mark Pasteur
• Diana Bilton

The influence of personality traits and beliefs about medicines on adherence to asthma treatment

• Maria Emilsson
• Ina Berndtsson
• Eva Brink

Inhaler device, administration technique, and adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in patients with asthma

• Angkana Roy
• Kayleigh Battle
• Juan P Wisnivesky

What provokes experienced COPD clinical practitioners in the UK to initiate or change medication? A consensus study

• Jane Upton
• Ellen McCutcheon
• Monica Fletcher

Written Asthma Action Plans (WAAPs) in Melbourne general practices: a sequential mixed methods study

• Nabil Sulaiman
• Rosalie Aroni
• Michael Abramson

Understanding what asthma plans mean: a linguistic analysis of terminology used in published texts

• Nicola Ring
• Hilary Pinnock
• Aziz Sheikh

The 10-year COPD Programme in Finland: effects on quality of diagnosis, smoking, prevalence, hospital admissions and mortality

• Vuokko L Kinnula
• Tuula Vasankari
• Anne Pietinalho

A combination of the IPAG questionnaire and PiKo-6^® flow meter is a valuable screening tool for COPD in the primary care setting

• Lazaros Sichletidis
• Dionisios Spyratos
• Anna-Bettina Haidich

Simplified COPD screening: validation of the PiKo-6^® in primary care

• Peter Frith
• Alan Crockett
• Guy Gavagna

The 2010 NICE COPD Guidelines: how do they compare with the GOLD guidelines?

• Kevin Gruffydd-Jones
• Chris Loveridge

A new perspective on optimal care for patients with COPD

• Dirkje Postma
• Antonio Anzueto
• Göran Eriksson

Impact of an educational intervention on the quality of spirometry performance in a general practice: an audit

• Robin Carr
• Vicky Telford
• Gareth Waters

Recognising the risk of aspirin-sensitive respiratory disease in a patient with asthma who has previously tolerated aspirin

• Damita Abayaratne
• Ramesh J Kurukulaaratchy

Teaching asthma self-assessment through computer-assisted patient education: a pilot study

• James Wofford
• Sheila Stevens
• Karla Brown

Improving the odds that patients and caregivers will use inhalers correctly: a manufacturer's response

• Jolyon P Mitchell

Training tools for inhalation devices: the need for more sophistication

• Wahida Azouz
• Jessica Campbell
• Henry Chrystyn

Earlier detection of COPD

• Rupert Jones

Homefill: better for your patient, better for your pocket?

• Phyllis Murphie
• Stuart Little

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