Diagnostic spirometry in primary care: Proposed standards for general practice compliant with American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society recommendations: a General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG)1 document, in association with the AssociatiMark L Levy
Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Division of Community Health Sciences GP section, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Prim Care Respir J 18:130-47. 2009
..This document should therefore challenge current performance and should constitute an aspirational guide for delivery of this service...
- Wheeze detection: recordings vs. assessment of physician and parent
M L Levy
Kenton Bridge Medical Centre, London, UK
J Asthma 41:845-53. 2004
..Agreement on the absence or presence of physical signs on chest examination in these populations is far from perfect, even among experienced physicians...
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines: diagnosis of respiratory diseases in primary care
Mark L Levy
Division of Community Health Sciences GP section, University of Edinburgh, 20 West Richmond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DX, UK
Prim Care Respir J 15:20-34. 2006
..It uses a symptom-based approach, and includes original questionnaires and diagnostic guides to help the primary care clinician proceed systematically through the diagnostic process...
- Inadequacies in UK primary care allergy services: national survey of current provisions and perceptions of need
M L Levy
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Clin Exp Allergy 34:518-9. 2004
- The IPCRG Guidelines: developing guidelines for managing chronic respiratory diseases in primary care
C P Onno van Schayck
Prim Care Respir J 15:1-4. 2006
- Symptom-based questionnaire for differentiating COPD and asthma
David G Tinkelman
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colo, USA
Respiration 73:296-305. 2006
..33 to 20.7. This questionnaire demonstrated a sensitivity of 72.0 and a specificity of 82.7. CONCLUSIONS: A short, symptom-based questionnaire identifies persons more likely to have COPD among persons with prior evidence of OLD...
- Symptom-based questionnaire for identifying COPD in smokers
David B Price
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Respiration 73:285-95. 2006
..Implementation of this questionnaire could enhance the efficiency and diagnostic accuracy of current screening efforts...
- What's in this issue
Paul Stephenson
Prim Care Respir J 17:59. 2008
- Systems for the management of primary care respiratory disease throughout the world
Justin Beilby
Prim Care Respir J 17:5-6. 2008
- The UK General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG): its formation, development, and influence on the management of asthma and other respiratory diseases over the last twenty years
Mark L Levy
Prim Care Respir J 16:132-9. 2007
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- What standards and terms of employment should respiratory practitioners with a special interest expect from an employing organisation?
Kevin Gruffydd-Jones
GPIAG, Universities of Aberdeen and Bath, The Surgery, London Road, Box, Wiltshire, UK
Prim Care Respir J 16:182-7. 2007
..Whilst this system is particular to the provision of primary care in the UK, other countries may choose to follow this model...
- Should UK allergy services focus on primary care?
Mark L Levy
BMJ 332:1347-8. 2006
- Primary care respiratory journal is awarded full Medline/Index Medicus listing
Mark L Levy
Prim Care Respir J 15:136-8. 2006
- Occupational asthma case finding: a role for primary care
Mark L Levy
Br J Gen Pract 54:731-3. 2004
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines: management of allergic rhinitis
David Price
Department of General Practice, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2AY, UK
Prim Care Respir J 15:58-70. 2006
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- What's in this issue
Mark L Levy
Prim Care Respir J 15:75-7. 2006
