Download October 15, 2008

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%
• 4th cause of death worldwide
• Only major cause of death still increasing
(+ 163% between 1965 and 1998 vs. - 64%
for stroke)
WHY A DAY OF THE
SPIROMETRY ?
COPD and ASTHMA
• COPD: unknown
terminology
(“rokerslong” or
“poumon du fumeur”)
• Increasing prevalence
of obstructive
pulmonary diseases
• >50% of all patients not
diagnosed
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
ORGANIZATION
INITIATIVE
• www.bvp-sbp.org
• Society of individual members working in the field of
pneumology
•
>500 members
• Information: tel.: 02.5181818
ORGANIZATION
PARTNERSHIP
Belgian Primary Care Respiratory Group
(BPCRG)
•
5360 Tour Pasteur , 53 avenue Emmanuel Mounier, 1200
Bruxelles.
• Tel. 02 7645344, fax. 02 7645327
• www.bpcrg.org
• [email protected] (secretary)
ORGANIZATION
PARTNERSHIP
F.A.R.E.S.
• Fondation contre les
Affections Respiratoires et
pour l'Education à la Santé
asbl
• Vlaamse Vereniging voor
Respiratoire
Gezondheidszorg en
Tuberculosebestrijding
• www.fares.be or 02512.29.36
• www.vrgt.be or 02512.54.55
• Chair: Prof. J.P. Van Vooren
• Chair: Prof. M. Decramer
Organization
• President BKKL-GBPP
• Dr. Georges De Bilderling
• Cliniques UCL de Mont-Godinne
• 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
ORGANIZATION
SPONSORS
ORGANIZATION
SPONSORS
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
AGENDA
September 23, 2008
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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
POSTER & LEAFLETS
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?
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?
Maximise
detection
on
Day of Spirometry
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
www.spirometrie.be
INTERNET
www.spirometrie.be
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INSCRIPTION
Questionnaire
List of participating
pneumologists and
GP’s and paediatrics
Appointment
INFORMATION
INTERNET
(www.copd.be/
www.asthma.com)
www.spirometrie.be
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
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
AFTER OCTOBER 15, 2008
Spirometry
Airflow
Obstruction
GP
• 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 !!!!!