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THE DAY OF SPIROMETRY

THE DAY OF SPIROMETRY. BVP-SBP Dr Galdermans ZNA Middelheim Hospital Antwerp. OCTOBER 15, 2008. 4ème JOURNEE DE LA SPIROMETRIE 4de DAG VAN DE SPIROMETRIE 31 march 2004 16 november 2005 9 may 2007 15 october 2008. WHY A DAY OF THE SPIROMETRY ?. COPD Prevalence in Belgium 4-7%

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THE DAY OF SPIROMETRY

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  1. THE DAY OF SPIROMETRY BVP-SBP Dr Galdermans ZNA Middelheim Hospital Antwerp

  2. OCTOBER 15, 2008 4ème JOURNEE DE LA SPIROMETRIE 4de DAG VAN DE SPIROMETRIE 31 march 2004 16 november 2005 9 may 2007 15 october 2008

  3. WHY A DAY OF THE SPIROMETRY ? COPD • Prevalence in Belgium 4-7% • 4th cause of death worldwide • Only major cause of death still increasing (+ 163% between 1965 and 1998 vs. - 64% for stroke)

  4. AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WHY A DAY OF THE SPIROMETRY ? • COPD: unknown terminology (“rokerslong” or “poumon du fumeur”) • Increasing prevalence of obstructive pulmonary diseases • >50% of all patients not diagnosed COPD and ASTHMA

  5. ORGANIZATION INITIATIVE • www.bvp-sbp.org • Society of individual members working in the field of pneumology •  >500 members • Information: tel.: 02.5181818

  6.  5360 Tour Pasteur , 53 avenue Emmanuel Mounier, 1200 Bruxelles. Tel. 02 7645344, fax. 02 7645327 www.bpcrg.org mail@bpcrg.org  (secretary) ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIP Belgian Primary Care Respiratory Group (BPCRG)

  7. Fondation contre les Affections Respiratoires et pour l'Education à la Santé asbl www.fares.be or 02-512.29.36 Chair: Prof. J.P. Van Vooren Vlaamse Vereniging voor Respiratoire Gezondheidszorg en Tuberculosebestrijding www.vrgt.be or 02-512.54.55 Chair: Prof. M. Decramer ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIP

  8. Organization • President BKKL-GBPP • Dr. Georges De Bilderling • Cliniques UCL de Mont-Godinne

  9. Société Scientifique de Médecine Générale (SSMG) Rue de Suisse, 8 1060 Bruxelles www.ssmg.be • Domus Medica vzw Sint-Hubertusstraat 58 2600 Berchem www.domusmedica.be

  10. ORGANIZATION SPONSORS

  11. ORGANIZATION SPONSORS

  12. GOALS • Promote use of spirometry • Easy, painless and reliable • Cfr. stethoscope, thermometer, blood pressure • promote spirometry in primary care (PRICAROS program) • partnership general practitioner – pneumologist • Increase awareness COPD - asthma • Detect patients at early stage • Support smoking cessation

  13. AGENDA September 23, 2008 • Press conference • Start registration campaign • www.spirometrie.be on line • Posters & leaflets:GP’s, pneumologists, paediatrics, pharmacists, hospitals… October 15, 2008 : Spirometry day • Day of the Spirometry: free spirometry • GP’s • Pneumologists • Paediatrics

  14. POSTER & LEAFLETS

  15. Maximise detection on Day of Spirometry HOW TO PARTICIPATE ? USE OF QUESTIONNAIRE TO TARGET PEOPLE WITH COPD • Do you cough several times most days ? • Do you bring up phlegms or mucus most days ? • Do you get short of breath more easily than others your age ? • Are you older than 40 years ? • Are you a current smoker or an ex-smoker ? • Do you experience a wheezing breath?

  16. Maximise detection on Day of Spirometry HOW TO PARTICIPATE ? USE OF QUESTIONNAIRE TO TARGET PEOPLE - CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA • Is there asthma in your family? • Do you suffer from eczema? • Shortness of breath during exercise (with coughing of wheezing)? • Allergy? • Shortness of breath during the night? • Wheezing or coughing during the day or night?

  17. www.spirometrie.be HOW TO PARTICIPATE ? < 3 times yes • No spirometry advised • If further doubts  visit GP ≥ 3 times yes • Spirometry recommended • Doubt?  visit GP • Make an appointment

  18. INFORMATION • INSCRIPTION • Questionnaire • List of participating pneumologists and GP’s and paediatrics • Appointment INTERNET INTERNET www.spirometrie.be (www.copd.be/ www.asthma.com)

  19. www.spirometrie.be

  20. PARTICIPATING • > 60 centres over Belgium • On volunteer basis • Screening ≥ 2000 patients  Importance of questionnaire • People who don’t have the possibility to have a spirometry the 15 th of October can contact there GP

  21. OCTOBER 15, 2008 • Appointments October, 15 th between 9 AM and 12 AM and between 2 PM and 4 PM • Short questionnaire and spirometry: 10 to 15 min • Results handed over to the patients • Patients with airflow obstruction must see their doctor to start treatment • No new appointments will be made on the Day of the Spirometry

  22. AFTER OCTOBER 15, 2008 • GP in charge of diagnosis, treatment and follow-up • Important !Spirometry does NOT detect lung cancer and other smoking related diseases • Smokers must QUIT smoking, even if they have no clear airflow obstruction !!!!! Spirometry Airflow Obstruction GP

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