Journal Club

Every three months, we publish synopses of key studies from the respiratory literature as determined by the PCRS Educational Board.

Only the primary literature is scanned – no review articles, no opinion pieces, no editorials. All studies must be either from the UK, or able to be generalised to the UK.

You can filter by key word, subject and month of PCRA publication.

Holley S, Knibb R, Latter S, et al.

Development and validation of the Adolescent Asthma Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (AASEQ)

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Zampogna E, Cents R, Negri S, et al.

Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in severe asthma: a retrospective data analysis

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Persson HL, Lyth J, Wiréhn AB, et al.

Elderly patients with COPD require more health care than elderly heart failure patients do in a hospital-based home care setting

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Josephs L, Cullifor D, Johnson M, et al.

COPD overdiagnosis in primary care: a UK observational study of consistency of airflow obstruction

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Butler CC, Gillespie D, White P, et al.

C-reactive protein testing to guide antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations

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Hansen GM, Marott JL, Holtermann A, et al.

Midlife cardiorespiratory fitness and the long-term risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Houben C, Spruit M, Luyten H, et al.

Cluster-randomised trial of a nurse-led advance care planning session in patients with COPD and their loved ones

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Prins H, Duikers R, van der Valk P, et al.

CRP-guided antibiotic treatment in acute exacerbations of COPD admitted to hospital

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Kneale D, Harris K, McDonald V, et al.

Effectiveness of school-based self-management interventions for asthma among children and adolescents: findings from a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sigurgeirsdottir J, Halldorsdottir S, Arnardottir RH, et al.

COPD patents’ experiences, self-reported needs, and needs-driven strategies to cope with self-management

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Daines L, McLean S, Buelo A, et al.

Systematic review of clinical prediction models to support the diagnosis of asthma in primary care

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Sivapalan P, Ingebrigtsen T, Rasmussen D, et al.

COPD exacerbations: the impact of long versus short courses of oral corticosteroids on mortality and pneumonia: nationwide data on 67000 patients with COPD followed for 12 months

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