Improving primary care management of asthma: do we know what really works?

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2020 Jun;30(1):29

Asthma imposes a substantial burden on individuals and societies. Patients with asthma need high-quality primary care management; however, evidence...

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Association between COPD exacerbations and lung function decline during maintenance therapy.

Thorax. 2020 Sep;75(9):744

Little is known about the impact of exacerbations on COPD progression or whether inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use and blood eosinophil count (BEC)...

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Quality of spirometry and related diagnosis in primary care with a focus on clinical use.

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2020 May;30(1):22

American and European societies' (ATS/ERS) criteria for spirometry are often not met in primary care. Yet, it is unknown if quality is sufficient for...

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Likely questionnaire-diagnosed food allergy in 78, 890 adults from the northern Netherlands.

PLoS One. 2020 ;15(5):e0231818

It is challenging to define likely food allergy (FA) in large populations which limited the number of large studies regarding risk factors for FA.

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ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the General Pneumology Assembly.

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Jan;6(1)

This article contains highlights and a selection of the scientific advances from the European Respiratory Society's General Pneumology Assembly that...

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Daytime symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2020 Feb;30(1):6

There is no single source of compiled data on symptoms experienced by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) when awake and...

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Factors associated with workarounds in barcode-assisted medication administration in hospitals.

J Clin Nurs. 2020 Jul;29(13-14):2239

To identify that workarounds (defined as "informal temporary practices for handling exceptions to normal procedures or workflow") by nurses using...

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An expert consensus framework for asthma remission as a treatment goal.

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Mar;145(3):757

With novel therapies in development, there is an opportunity to consider asthma remission as a treatment goal. In this Rostrum, we present a...

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Economic Impact of Reducing Inappropriate Inhaled Corticosteroids Use in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: ISPOR’s Guidance on Budget Impact in Practice.

Value Health. 2019 Oct;22(10):1092

To assess the budget impact of restricting inappropriate inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) use according to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive...

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Comparative effectiveness of triple therapy dual bronchodilation in COPD.

ERJ Open Res. 2019 Jul;5(3)

This real-world study compared the effectiveness of triple therapy (TT; long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs)/long-acting inhaled β-agonists...

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Prevalence and Characteristics of Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap in Routine Primary Care Practices.

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Sep;16(9):1143

Adults may exhibit characteristics of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a situation recently described as asthma-COPD...

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European Respiratory Society International Congress, Paris, 2018: highlights from the Clinical Assembly.

ERJ Open Res. 2019 Feb;5(1)

This article contains highlights and a selection of the scientific advances from the European Respiratory Society's Clinical Assembly (Assembly 1 and...

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