T. Schermer (Nijmegen , Netherlands), S. Walker (London, United Kingdom)
Late-breaking abstract: Evaluation of CRP, PCT, clinical pulmonary infection score and pneumonia severity scores for the diagnosis and prognosis of nursing home acquired pneumonia I. Porfyridis, G. Georgiadis, P. Vogiazianos, A. Georgiou (Nicosia, Cyprus)
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COPD case finding in primary care: A pilot study in the West Midlands, UK S. Haroon, R. Jordan, P. Adab, C. Griffin (West Bromwich, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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High rates of over-treatment of COPD in primary care: What risks to patients and costs to health services? H. Booth, S. Georgopoulou, H. Pinnock, H. Thornton, P. White (London, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Missed opportunities to diagnose COPD D. Price, D. Halpin, R. Winter, S. L. Hill, E. Bateman, D. Freeman, D. Ryan, M. Kearney, K. Holton, A. Burden, J. von Ziegenweidt, L. Mascarenhas, A. Chisholm, R. Jones (Aberdeen, Norwich, Exeter, London, Cambridge, Norfolk, Loughborough, Runcorn, Plymouth, United Kingdom; Cape Town, South Africa)
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Derivation of a predicted equation for peak expiratory flow (PEF) values in adult Indian population using EU scale peak flow meter (PFM) R. Kodgule, V. Singh, B. Saicharan, R. Dhar, J. Londhe, B. Brashier, U. Singh, U. Hafiz, S. Mukherjee, S. Madas, S. Salvi, P. Koul (Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kolkota, Srinagar, India)
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Early detection of COPD in primary care – The Copenhagen COPD screening project A. M. Lyngsø, V. Gottlieb, V. Backer, A. Frølich (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Usefulness of the Wells score for pulmonary embolism diagnosis in primary care. Retrospective study of 95 cases S. Feutrie, C. Dayen, H. Bentayeb, E. Lecuyer, M. Boutemy, V. Jounieaux, Y. Douadi (Saint Quentin, Amiens, France)
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Effectiveness of continuity in "World Day of COPD" awareness campaign on case finding for COPD in target population F. Mihaltan, R. Nemes, A. Ionescu (Bucharest, Romania)
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