BTS 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. The recent ...
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...
2. Guidelines for management of asthma in adults: I—Chronic persistent asthma. Statement by the British Thoracic Society, Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians of London, King's Fund Centre, National Asthma Campaign. BMJ 1990;301:651-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.301.6753....
We have now analysed the change in referral patterns following the publication of the BTS guidelines on the management of COPD which highlight the value of spirometry in the diagnosis of COPD (Thorax 1997;52 (Suppl 5) :S1-28). Findings: In the year following the publication of the ...
The 2014 British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) guidelines recommend a stepwise approach to asthma management. We investigated the management of asthma in primary care in the UK to understand how real- world practice compares with BTS/SIGN guidelines. ...
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Any other evidence from the patient's medical condition that would indicate that blood gas results would be useful in the patient's management (eg, an unexpected change in ‘track and trigger’ systems such as a sudden rise of several units in the NEWS or an unexpected fall in oxygen satura...
Stell IM. Asthma management in accident and emergency and the BTS guidelines--a study of the impact of clinical audit. J Accid Emerg Med 1996;13:392-4.Stell, I.M . ( 1996 ), “ Asthma management in accident and emergency and the BTS guidelines: a study of the impact of clinical ...
Stell IM. Asthma management in accident and emergency and the BTS guidelines: a study of the impact of clinical audit. Emerg Med J 1996;13:392-4.Stell IM: Asthma management in accident and emergency and the BTS guidelines-a study of the impact of clinical audit. J Accid Emerg Med 1996,...
SIGN/BTS asthma management guideline: revisions for 2009doi:10.1002/psb.555John ReesBurhan KhanJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.