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Screening Review your Asthma Register and identify those patients over 35 who are smokers/ ex- smokers, and assess for COPD Supporting Information: It may be useful to identify those patients over 35 who smoke or are ex-smokers on the asthma register. These patients may be at increased risk of COPD and should undergo spirometry testing if they are symptomatic. Further information: 1. Spirometry in primary care case-identification, diagnosis and management of COPD. David Price, Alan Crockett, Mats Arne, Bernard Garbe, Rupert CM Jones, Alan Kaplan, Arnulf Langhammer, Siân Williams, Barbara P Yawn: Prim Care Resp J 2009;18(3):216-223 http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00055 2. International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines: Diagnosis of respiratory diseases in primary care. Mark L. Levy, Monica Fletcher, David B. Price, Thomas Hausen, Ron J. Halbert, Barbara P. Yawn Prim Care Resp J; 2006:15(1):20_34 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.10.004 |
| This series of resources has been produced as a service to primary care by the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) and has been supported by an educational grant from Allen & Hanburys, AstraZeneca UK Ltd and Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd/Pfizer Ltd. The views expressed in the materials are not necessarily those of either the sponsors or the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK). © PCRS-UK |
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