H. Pinnock (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), B. Stallberg (Trosa, Sweden)
Prognosis of lower respiratory tract infections in elderly primary care patients – validation and optimisation of a prediction rule J. Bont, E. Hak, A. W. Hoes, T. J. M. Verheij (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Spirometry is associated with management of COPD patients in five Latin American cities: PLATINO study A. Muiño, M. Lopez, A. Menezes, P. Hallal, R. Perez-Padilla, J. Jardim, G. Valdivia, J. Pertuzè, C. Talamo, M. Montes de Oca, R. Halbert (Montevideo, Uruguay; Pelotas, Sao Pablo, Brazil; Mexico, Mexico; Santiago de Chile, Chile; Caracas, Ven
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Increased prevalence of obstructive airways disease (OAD) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and hypertension (HT) B. Brashier, N. Patel, S. Valsa, S. Mandrekar, S. Kulkarni, S. N. Gaikwad, S. V. Ghorpade, S. Salvi (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
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Ethnicity and asthma care: qualitative study of the beliefs of general practitioners and Asian parents M. Morgan, R. Rona, M. Thomas, J. Gregory, P. White (London, United Kingdom)
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Family doctors perceptions about obstructive sleep apnoea, in Portugal J. Teixeira, V. Ramos, C. Barbara (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Reliability of inhalation therapy through a multidose dry powder inhaler D. T. Nguyen, U. Petzold, U. Munzel, J. Maus (Bad Homburg, Germany)
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Educational program for moderate persistent asthma in routine medical visits to an outpatient clinic L. Angelini, P. Ribeiro, M. Ribeiro, A. Cukier, R. Stelmach (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Evaluation of the relationship between health-related quality of life and asthma control A. Williams, N. Gul, L. Frith (Greenford, United Kingdom)
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Asthma programme in Finland: the quality of primary care spirometries is good L. Tuomisto, V. Jarvinen, J. Laitinen, M. Erhola, M. Kaila, P. Brander (Seinajoki, Hyvinkaa, Tampere, Hameenlinna, Finland)
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Impact of the combination therapy: inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta agonists in the prescription pattern of inhaled corticosteroids C. Trescoli-Serrano, M. Garcia-Zarco, P. Cordero-Rodriguez, C. Garcia-Orad, E. Diaz-Puzol, A. Oliver-Bañuls (Alzira, Valencia, Carcaixent, Valencia, Cullera, Valencia, Spain)
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Peak expiratory flow (PEF) values obtained by the new EU scale (EN 13826). Wrights peak flow meter is comparable to those obtained by a pneumotach and turbine-based spirometer S. Mandrekar, S. Hake, B. Brashier, S. Valsa, S. Salvi (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
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The use of antibiotics in primary care: a cross-sectional survey of a rural city in South Turkey H. Yaman, G. Yayli, O. Kaya (Isparta, Antalya, Turkey)
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Smoking habits after sex in Patras, Greece A. Arvanitis, M. Chronopoulou, A. Skarpelos, S. Voulioti, D. Sereti, D. Giannopoulos (Patras, Santorini, Varda, Greece)
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Physicians or prediction rules; who is better at predicting prognosis? J. Bont, E. Hak, A. W. Hoes, T. J. M. Verheij (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Pancoast-Tobias syndrome as first clinical expression of lung cancer: its frequency among the patients of a primary care practice group in a one year survey C. Panaitescu, S. C. Oana, D. Angelescu, P. Anghelescu, M. Chiriti, V. Manea (Bucharest, Romania)
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Future prospects for improved influenza vaccines K. Giezeman-Smits, B. Palache (Weesp, Netherlands)
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Changes in inhaled anticholinergic prescription pattern in a Spanish health department M. Garcia-Zarco, C. Trescoli-Serrano, P. Cordero-Rodriguez, J. Sanchez-Perez, M. Murcia-Soler, E. Naval-Sendra (Alzira, Valencia, Spain)
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Is breathlessness the same in health and disease? E. Bertella, S. Jack, P. Albert, P. Calverley, J. Smith (Liverpool, Manchester, United Kingdom)
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