For example, the Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring recommends the following wording for health surveys: "Do you have a written asthma action plan, that is, written instructions of what to do if your asthma is worse or out of control?".10 Another potential tool is shown in Figure 1, ...
Asthma was defined as the following problems/diagnoses defined by ICPC2 codes – R96.1 (asthma), R96.5 (status asthmaticus), R96.2 (asthmatic bronchitis), R96.10 (asthma attack), R49.2 (asthma plan), R49.3 (asthma action plan), R62.29 (asthma care plan), R45.4 (advice and education ...
Educate patients on self-management to help them identify symptom worsening. Self-management education that includes a written action plan, regular review and symptom monitoring, reduces unscheduled visits, hospitalization and time lost from school or work10. A plan to explain when and how to increas...
They addressed asthma pathophysiology, medication use, self-monitoring, use of an asthma action plan, trigger avoidance, seeking urgent care, communication with clinicians, stress management, receiving influenza and pneumonia vaccines, and accessing community resources. The CHWs provided social support,22,...
(.qoltech.co.uk/index.htm). zStep up or step down treatment based on assessment of control (See age specific stepwise chart). zUpdate and review written Asthma Action Plan. zProvide inactivated influenza vaccine for all patients over 6 months of age, ...
As asthma symptoms may worsen or improve during pregnancy, instruct pregnant women on how to adjust their medication(s) appropriately and have an action plan for the management of exacerbations during pregnancy and labor. Inform pregnant women that although exacerbations during labor are rare, a cesa...
This echoes current beliefs about the optimal approaches to the management of chronic diseases in general as well as current recommendations in national and international guidelines for the management of asthma (http://www.ginasthma.org/), (http://www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/SIGN141.pdf). In some ...
Objectives To compare the clinical effectiveness of increasing the dose of ICS versus keeping the usual maintenance dose as part of a patient‐initiated action plan at the onset of asthma exacerbations. Search methods We searched the Cochrane Airways Group Specialised Register (last search October ...
Have an asthma action plan but do not follow it or following it irregularly Adult with asthma [when asked whether their doctor has developed an asthma action plan]: "They have but I don't really use it to be honest". Adult with asthma: "It's engrained in me to know what to do, ...
are various levels of sophistication for CDSSs, from reminders to enter specific data, prescribe certain drugs/vaccines or provide an asthma action plan, to a system retrieving patient asthma information from an electronic health-care record and providing a critique on the intended clinical action. ...