BTS asthma guidelinesBTS asthma guidelinesThe British Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of acute severe asthma1 are integral to Emergency Department management. If evidence-based medicine is to remain an important part of modern medical practice, all guidelines require regular review...
2004. [cited 9-3-2005]; Available from: http://www. enterpriseportal2.co.uk/filestore/bts/asthmafull.pdf.British Thoracic Society and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, British Guidelines on the Management of Asthma, Revised edition April 2004....
Background: The British guideline on the management of asthma produced by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) describes five steps for the management of chronic asthma. Combination therapy of a long-acting beta(2)-agonist (LABA) and an ...
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The asthma prescribing level or treatment step was modified from British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines (Bts/Sign. British guidelines on the management of asthma. Thorax 2003:1-94), as follows: step 1, inhaled short-acting beta-2 agonists on demand; step 2, regular inhaled steroids plus ...
We recruited 74 patients with moderate to severe asthma from hospital clinics and randomly allocated them to management either by standard British Thoracic Society asthma guidelines (BTS management group) or by normalisation of the induced sputum eosinophil count and reduction of symptoms (sputum manageme...
British Thoracic Society (BTS), Scottish InterCollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). SIGN158: British guideline on the management of asthma. 2019. Available from: http://www.sign.ac.uk/our-guidelines/british-guideline-on-the-management-of-asthma/. Agache I, Akdis CA, Akdis M, Canonica GW,...
Patients at any treatment step of the BTS asthma guidelines are at risk of an asthma attack, the risk increasing as the treatment step increases. Poorly controlled asthma may have a considerable impact on health care costs. Appropriate targeting of preventive measures could therefore reduce overall ...
McConnell Paediatrics, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, UK Background and aims: Acute wheeze and asthma are common reasons for paediatric admissions to hospital in the UK. The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines detail the preferred management of children admitted with acute wheeze/ asthma. ...
Section 8 contains a comprehensive list of evidence-based statements derived from UK BTS/SIGN guidelines which is a superset of those reported in the study and is intended for a separate analysis of the suitability of apps for use in a UK-specific context. (DOC 162 KB) 12916_2012_628_MOE...