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...
Oxygen is under used in primary care.Many patients with acute asthma are hypoxaemic, and all clinicians providing care for people with acute asthma should have access to an oximeter, and ideally oxygen. Oxygen should be given to maintain saturation between 94% and 98%.Pinnock, H...
Clinical bottom lineThis latest revision of national guidance on asthma management was produced jointly by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) in October 2014 and marks the largest revision to date including changes to the guideline structure.1...
Since 1999 the British Guidelines on the Management of Asthma have been produced jointly by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) using a rigorous evidence-based methodology. Sections within the guideline have been revised regularly, with the Pharmacol...
retrospective cohort Introduction The current British guideline for the management of asthma, which was published jointly by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) in 2012, is based on a five-step algorithm for the management of chronic asthma....
Asthma is common, globally-relevant, managed substantially in primary care and amenable to self-management. Moreover, while both the content of asthma self-management education has been well described in UK [5], US [6] and international [7] evidence-based guidelines, and its positive impact ...
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 management group). ...
This study identified substantial variations from BTS management guidelines. It is suggested that oximetry is necessary on arrival to guide selection for arterial blood gas analysis.doi:10.1016/S0954-6111(99)90069-0S R HartA.C. DavidsonRespiratory Medicine...
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 ...
Advances in the knowledge of clinical pharmacology and pulmonary physiology have significantly improved the management of asthma in children and adolescents. Acute episodes of asthma can be treated with oral bronchodilators if the episodes are mild, but inhaled sympathomimetic drugs are more effective and...