Feasibility of the assignment of patients with asthma or COPD to general practitioner, respiratory nurse, or pulmonologist

Asthma and COPD according to the pulmonologist.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate how pulmonologists view the impact that asthma and COPD has on their patients, as well as how they treat these diseases. METHODS Survey including 227 pulmonologists participating in the VI Brazilian Asthma Conference, II Brazilian COPD Conference and II Brazilian Smoking Conference, all of which were held in 2007. RESULTS According to the answers given by the pulmonolo...

detection of volatile compounds of medicinal plants with some nano-sorbents using modified or new methodologies and investigation of antioxidant activity of their methanolic extracts

in this work, a novel and fast method for direct analysis of volatile compounds (davc) of medicinal plants has been developed by holding a filament from different parts of a plant in the gc injection port. the extraction and analysis of volatile components of a small amount of plant were carried out in one-step without any sample preparation. after optimization of temperature, extraction time a...

Paediatric asthma outpatient care by asthma nurse, paediatrician or general practitioner: randomised controlled trial with two-year follow-up.

AIMS For children with stable asthma, to test non-inferiority of care provided by a hospital-based specialised asthma nurse versus a general practitioner (GP) or paediatrician. METHODS Randomised controlled trial evaluating standard care by a GP, paediatrician or an asthma nurse, with two-year follow-up. RESULTS 107 children were recruited, 45 from general practice and 62 from hospital. Aft...

Recall to a general practitioner or to a nurse clinic improved assessment in patients with coronary artery disease.

Prevalence estimates of asthma or COPD from a health interview survey and from general practitioner registration: what's the difference?

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare prevalence estimates of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) derived from self-report in a health interview survey and from general practitioners' (GPs') medical records, and to explain any differences. METHODS the presence of asthma or COPD was measured by self-report in a random sample of 104 general practices in the Netherla...