O. C. P. Van Schayck (Maastricht, The Netherlands), M. L. Levy (Kenton, United Kingdom)
Clinical efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in COPD patients. preliminary results
I. Alfageme, N. Reyes, R. Vazquez, J. Perez, J. Muñoz, M. Hernandez, S. Bernal (Seville, Spain)
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Lower respiratory tract infections among elderly primary care patients: a clinical prediction rule
J. Bont, E. Hak, T. J. M. Verheij (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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Inspiratory flow profiles of patients with severe COPD achieved through Autohaler, Diskus, Turbohaler and in vitro assessment of corresponding output characteristics
M. Kohlhäufl, N. Weber, G. Scheuch, C. Herpich, T. Trammer (Gauting, Neuss, Germany)
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Expert Bangladeshi patients? A randomised trial of a lay-led self management programme for Bangladeshis with respiratory and cardiovascular disease
C. Griffiths, J. Ramsay, A. Azad, J. Motlib, S. Eldridge, G. Feder (London, United Kingdom)
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Referral and consultation in asthma and COPD: an exploration of pulmonologists’ views
T. R. J. Schermer, F. W. J. M. Smeenk, C. van Weel (Nijmegen, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
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Pharmaco-economic implications of asthma educational programme for GPs in Ukraine
B. B. Vengerov (Kiev, Ukraine)
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Can asthma patients cope with new treatment regimens in Ukraine?
B. B. Vengerov, A. L. Zhitinska (Kiev, Ukraine)
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In a rural part of Canada, a study of the treatment of asthma attacks shows an over utilisation of salbutamol nebulization and of antibiotics, a less frequent use of steroid inhalation treatments, a lower incidence of environmental modification teaching a
R. Audet, M. E. Ouellet, D. Cyr, M. E. Doucet (Maria, Canada)
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Variability in asthma severity among steroid-naive patients previously receiving short-acting beta2-agonists
P. Dorinsky, S. Yancey, A. Emmett, K. Rickard (Raleigh, United States Of America)
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Are patients who overuse short acting β2-agonists more likely to report high levels of asthma symptoms?
C. McCowan, G. Hoskins, M. Stewart, R. G. Neville (Dundee, United Kingdom)
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Effect of self-management education on school children with asthma in Beijing, China
N. M. Clark, M. Z. Gong, N. Kaciroti, J. Yu, Z. Zeng, G. Wu, Z. Wu (Ann Arbor, United States Of America; Beijing, China)
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Initiation of treatment with the salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (FP) combination product is better than inhaled steroid alone (FP) in asthmatic patients symptomatic on short-acting bronchodilator alone
A. M. Strand (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Once daily ciclesonide (80 µg or 320 µg) is equally effective as budesonide 200 µg given twice daily: a 12-week study in asthma patients
T. Hansel, R. Engelstätter, O. Benezet, H. Kafé, H. H. Ponitz, D. Cheung, P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom; Konstanz, Berlin, Germany; Nimes, Saint-Quentin, France; Schiedam, The Netherlands)
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Ciclesonide significantly improves pulmonary function when compared with budesonide: a randomized 12-week study
D. Ukena, C. Biberger, V. von Behren, R. Malek, H. H. Weber, E. Beck, A. Linnhoff (Homburg, Konstanz, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Hannover, Rudersdorf, Berlin, Germany)
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Adjustable maintenance dosing with budesonide/formoterol provides effective asthma symptom control at a lower average dose than fixed dosing: results of a study in Italy
C. M. Sanguinetti, G. W. Canonica, A. M. Moretti, M. Mangrella (Rome, Genova, Bari, Basiglio, Italy)
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Adjustable maintenance dosing with budesonide/formoterol reduces asthma exacerbations compared with fixed dosing – a 5-month study in Canada
M. FitzGerald, L. P. Boulet, A. McIvor, A. Becker, M. R. Sears, P. Ernst, N. Smiljanic-Georgijev, J. Lee (Vancouver, Canada)
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Adjustable dosing with budesonide/formoterol in a single inhaler reduces costs compared with a conventional fixed dosing regimen
P. Olsson, G. Karlsson, T. Ekström, N. Lindarck (Sjobo, Sweden)
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Parents’ perception of the impact of asthma on daily life
B. P. Yawn, S. R. Bertram (Rochester, United States Of America)
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Outcomes of a school-based screening program for under-treated asthma
B. P. Yawn, P. W. Wollan, M. Kurland (Rochester, United States Of America)
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