Cutting through complexity: the Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model is an educational tool that facilitates chronic breathlessness management
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 10 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00237-9Cutting through complexity: the Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model is an educational tool that facilitates chronic breathlessness management (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - May 10, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Anna Spathis Julie Burkin Catherine Moffat Rachel Tuffnell Stephen Barclay Jonathan Mant Sara Booth Source Type: research

Pulmonary function testing in COPD: looking beyond the curtain of FEV1
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 07 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00236-wPulmonary function testing in COPD: looking beyond the curtain of FEV1 (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - May 7, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sotirios Kakavas Ourania S. Kotsiou Fotis Perlikos Maria Mermiri Georgios Mavrovounis Konstantinos Gourgoulianis Ioannis Pantazopoulos Source Type: research

Publisher Correction: School-based self-management interventions for asthma among primary school children: a systematic review
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 06 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00240-0Publisher Correction: School-based self-management interventions for asthma among primary school children: a systematic review (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - May 6, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan Julia Suhaimi Katherine M. Harris Ee Ming Khoo Su May Liew Steve Cunningham Hilary Pinnock Source Type: research

Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 06 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00238-8As evidence continues to emerge, our understanding of the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 prognosis is steadily growing. An early outlook from World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that smokers are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease and are also more likely to be infected, as frequent motions from hand to mouth and sharing of tobacco products such as waterpipes increased the possibility of being infected. In this commentary, we discuss some of the latest evidence on smoking and COVID-19 and emphasise th...
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - May 6, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jaber S. Alqahtani Abdulelah M. Aldhahir Tope Oyelade Saeed M. Alghamdi Ahmad S. Almamary Source Type: research

Breathless and awaiting diagnosis in UK lockdown for COVID-19…We’re stuck
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 05 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00232-0Breathless and awaiting diagnosis in UK lockdown for COVID-19…We’re stuck (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - May 5, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Gillian Doe Stacey Chantrell Marie Williams Michael C. Steiner Natalie Armstrong Ann Hutchinson Rachael A. Evans Source Type: research

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of patients and healthcare professionals regarding oral health and COPD in São Paulo, Brazil: a qualitative study
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 04 May 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00235-xKnowledge, attitudes and practices of patients and healthcare professionals regarding oral health and COPD in São Paulo, Brazil: a qualitative study (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - May 4, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Matthew Riley Amber Swann Alexander J. Morris Sonia M. Martins Rachel Adams Rachel E. Jordan Source Type: research

The prevalence and outcome of short-acting β2-agonists overuse in asthma patients in Taiwan
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 20 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00231-1The prevalence and outcome of short-acting β2-agonists overuse in asthma patients in Taiwan (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - April 20, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Cheng-Yi Wang Chih-Cheng Lai Ya-Hui Wang Hao-Chien Wang Source Type: research

School-based self-management interventions for asthma among primary school children: a systematic review
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 01 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00230-2School-based self-management interventions for asthma among primary school children: a systematic review (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - April 1, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan Julia Suhaimi Katherine M. Harris Ee Ming Khoo Su May Liew Steve Cunningham Hilary Pinnock Source Type: research

Does diagnostic uncertainty increase antibiotic prescribing in primary care?
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 25 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00229-9Does diagnostic uncertainty increase antibiotic prescribing in primary care? (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - March 25, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Dan Wang Chaojie Liu Xinping Zhang Chenxi Liu Source Type: research

Clinical characteristics and factors associated with triple therapy use in newly diagnosed patients with COPD
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 22 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00227-xClinical characteristics and factors associated with triple therapy use in newly diagnosed patients with COPD (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - March 22, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: M ònica Monteagudo Miriam Barrecheguren Iryna Solntseva Nafeesa Dhalwani Alison Booth Alexa Nu ñez Dimitra Lambrelli Marc Miravitlles Source Type: research

Impact of bronchiolitis guidelines publication on primary care prescriptions in the Italian pediatric population
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 19 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00228-wImpact of bronchiolitis guidelines publication on primary care prescriptions in the Italian pediatric population (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - March 19, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Elisa Barbieri Anna Cantarutti Sara Cavagnis Luigi Cantarutti Eugenio Baraldi Carlo Giaquinto Daniele Don à Source Type: research

Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 12 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00226-yUnderestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - March 12, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Evdoxia Gogou Ourania S. Kotsiou Dimitra S. Siachpazidou Maria Pinaka Charalampos Varsamas Fotini Bardaka Irini Gerogianni Chrysi Hatzoglou Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis Source Type: research

Colour vision deficiency and sputum colour charts in COPD patients: an exploratory mixed-method study
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 04 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00225-zColour vision deficiency and sputum colour charts in COPD patients: an exploratory mixed-method study (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - March 4, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sunita Channa Nicola Gale Emma Lai Lara Hall Mark Quinn Alice M. Turner Source Type: research

Uncontrolled asthma: a retrospective cohort study in Japanese patients newly prescribed with medium-/high-dose ICS/LABA
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 02 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00222-2Uncontrolled asthma: a retrospective cohort study in Japanese patients newly prescribed with medium-/high-dose ICS/LABA (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - March 2, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hiromasa Inoue Ki Lee Milligan Aine McConnon Hajime Yoshisue Emil Loefroth Martin McSharry Akihito Yokoyama Masakazu Ichinose Source Type: research

Have guidelines been oblivious to the obvious? Unmasking the positives from the COVID-19 pandemic
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Published online: 26 February 2021; doi:10.1038/s41533-021-00224-0Have guidelines been oblivious to the obvious? Unmasking the positives from the COVID-19 pandemic (Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine)
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - February 26, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: K. Vishak Acharya B. Unnikrishnan K. Sindhu S. Deepthi Source Type: research