Primary care respiratory problems

Electronic Poster Discussion
Chairs: M. Levy (Wembley, United Kingdom), K. Lisspers (Gagnef, Sweden)

Assessment of quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with chronic cough Y. Havlucu (Hatay, Turkey)
Telespirometry as a tool for medical training A. Nowinski, E. Romanski, P. Bielen, A. Skoczylas, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
The utilization patterns and perspectives of family physicians on spirometry screening in COPD A. Day, Y. Yudin (Toronto, Canada)
Correlation between spirometric indices (FEV1, FVC) and lung diffusion values (DLCO) in subjects with varying severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) B. Brashier, S. Saoji, A. Raghupati, S. Mandrekar, S. Valsa, S. N. Gaikwad, S. V. Ghorpade, S. Salvi (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Prevalence and underlying risk factors of clinically undiagnosed obstructive lung disease in internal medicine wards M. Aliyali, B. Hydari, M. Hajiahmadi, H. Chiti (Babol, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Effect of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate versus tiotropium bromide on exacerbations: the INSPIRE study (investigating new standards for prophylaxis in reduction of exacerbations) T. Seemungal, R. Stockley, P. Calverley, G. Hagan, J. Wedzicha (Mount Hope, Trinidad And Tobago; Birmingham, Liverpool, London, United Kingdom)
Inhaled antiasthmatic prescription pattern and asthma and bronchitis emergency visits during the period 2000 and 2005 C. Trescoli-Serrano, P. Cordero-Rodriguez, M. Garcia-Zarco, E. Naval-Sendra, J. Sanchez-Perez, M. Murcia-Soler (Valencia, Spain)
Antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute bronchitis J. Bont, E. Hak, A. W. Hoes, T. J. M. Verheij (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Serum leptin level may be a predictor of bone mineral loss in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease G. Wang, B. Mao, T. Q. Li, Z. L. Wang (Chengdu, China)
Clinical presentation in 12 patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis A. Sharara, M. Hijazi, H. El-Khushman, J. Momany, M. Enjada, A. Abbadi (Amman, Jordan)
Effect of IgE sensitization and allergen exposure on exhaled NO during inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment in patients with asthma J. Syk, K. Alving (Stockholm, Sweden)
More than half of the patients taking bronchodilators on a regular basis have no established diagnosis J. Buffels, J. Degryse (Leuven, Belgium)
Multi-faceted versus mono-faceted interventions on allergen reduction in primary prevention of asthma in susceptible children T. Maas, J. Kaper, G. Wesseling, A. Knottnerus, O. van Schayck (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Assessment of quality of life, anxiety and depression in parents with asthmatic child Y. Havlucu (Hatay, Turkey)
The value of ASK (adherance starts with knowledge) questionnaire in evaluating adherance to therapy in patients with asthma M. Haida, K. Koyanagi, F. Takamatsu, A. Hashiguchi (Tokyo, Saitama, Japan)
Perception of asthma management quality by asthmatic patients H. Haouichat, A. Benzadi, S. Aissani, S. Benamara, N. Belbekir, N. Benamor (Algiers, Algeria)
Antimicrobial agents – level of general practitioners‘ knowledge R. Bontsevich (Labytnangi, Russian Federation)
A personalised management programme of difficult asthma: a prospective study S. Aouadi, H. Ghrairi, A. Hamzaoui (Ariana, Tunisia)
Diagnostic value of the language of dyspnea in patients with hyperventilation syndrome J. N. Han, Y. J. Zhu, D. M. Luo, S. Li, J. Zhang, X. S. Cheng, O. Van den Bergh, K. P. Van de Woestijne (Beijing, China; Leuven, Belgium)