The exclusion of patients with a concurrent COPD diagnosis had a small effect on the overall results, resulting in a BTS/SIGN(a) classification of 1,871 (16.3%), 3,812 (33.2%), 1,778 (15.5%), 3,467 (31.2%) and 112 (1.0%) patients for steps 1–5, respectively, and a shift of...
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INTRODUCTION General practice care of patients with asthma has been criticised on the grounds of under-diagnosis, under- treatment, lack of resources and failure to comply with clinical guidelines.1-4 Recent attempts to improve asthma care have included educational programmes,5 audit facilitation,6 ...
. If the dip is severe (less than 33% of predicted) then respiratory arrest may occur (BTS 2008). In a severe attack, the PEFR may drop below 100 L/minute. However, it should be noted that a normal PEFR when a patient is asymptomatic does not exclude a diagnosis of asthma (BTS ...
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Despite effective treatments and long-standing management guidelines, there are approximately 1400 hospital admissions for asthma weekly in the United Kingdom (UK), many of which could be avoided. In our previous research, a secondary analysis of the intervention (ARRISA) suggested an improvement in...
14 DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW CHAPTER 2 DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION KEY POINTS: • A clinical diagnosis of asthma is often prompted by symptoms such as episodic breathlessness, wheezing, cough, and chest tightness. • Measurements of lung function (spirometry or peak expiratory flow) provide an ...
(defined as a diagnosis of asthma and a prescription for asthma treatment in the previous 12 months).2 Despite the focus in international guidelines on assessing and achieving good disease control in international * Corresponding author: Dr Hilary Pinnock, Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, ...