A Quick Guide to the Routine Management of Asthma in Primary Care
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Children: diagnosis
Children: management
Adults: diagnosis
Adults: management
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Conditions of Use
Test your knowledge
Aims
Children: diagnosis
Children: management
Adults: diagnosis
Adults: management
Important Information
Slides for local adaptation
Give us your feedback
Conditions of Use
More than five million people in the UK are being treated for asthma
75% of emergency admissions for people with asthma are thought to be avoidable
90% of asthma deaths are thought to be preventable
75% of emergency admissions for people with asthma are thought to be avoidable
90% of asthma deaths are thought to be preventable
This Quick Guide to the routine management of asthma in primary care is based on the new revised 2008 British Guideline on the Management of Asthma1 and the NICE guidance2 on the use of inhaled steroids in the management of asthma.
It is intended as an aide memoire for primary care health professionals to refer to in the course of a consultation and may be adapted for local use subject to authorised approval.
For further information on the diagnosis and management of asthma please click on the links provided in this toolkit.
1British Thoracic Society, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.
British Guideline on the Management of Asthma. Thorax 63 2008; (Supplement 4): iv1-iv121.
(http://www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/sign101.pdf)
2The use of inhaled steroids in the management of asthma (Adults: http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/TA138 and Children: http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/TA131).
2The use of inhaled steroids in the management of asthma (Adults: http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/TA138 and Children: http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/TA131).