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.

Anderson W, Gondalia R, Hoch H, et al.

Assessing asthma control: comparison of electronic-recorded short-acting beta-agonist rescue use and self-reported use utilizing the asthma control test

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Price DB, Voorham J, Brusselle G, et al.

Inhaled corticosteroids in COPD and onset of type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis: matched cohort study

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Bloom CI, Douglas I, d’Ancona G, et al.

Cost saving of switching to equivalent inhalers and its effect on health outcomes

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Grosbois J-M, Heluain-Robiquet J, Machuron F, et al.

Influence of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Short- And Long-Term Outcomes Of Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation In Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Khreis H, Cirach M, Mueller N, et al.

Outdoor air pollution and the burden of childhood asthma across Europe

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Lenferink A, van der Palen J, van der Valk P, et al.

Exacerbation action plans for patients with COPD and comorbidities: a randomised controlled trial

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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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