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...
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. ...
Practice organisational characteristics can impact on compliance with the BTS/SIGN asthma guideline: qualitative comparative case study in primary care. BMC Fam Pract 2008 Jun 4; 9:32.Wiener-Ogilvie S, Huby G, Pinnock H, Gillies J, Sheikh A: Practice organisational characteristics can impact on...
The new BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines: where evidence leads the way. Thorax. 2003 Feb; 58 (2):98–99.Higgins BG, Douglas JG. The new BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines: where evidence leads the way. Thorax 2003; 58: 98-99.Higgins BG, Douglas JG. The new BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines: where ...
Latest Guidance Issued By BTS/SIGN Supports Use Of Single Inhaler For Maintenance And Relief In Asthmatic PatientsAnna Ohlden
Inpeople where asthma diagnosis is considered a high probability, startingtreatment early in the absence of objective tests and monitoring the response to treatment is considered an appropriate strategy, reserving further testing forthose in whom the likelihood of asthma is less certain. Overall this ...
BTS and SIGN asthma guidelinesdoi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7385.346Nicholas ChanarinBMJBritish Thoracic Society. BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document- library/clinical-information/asthma/btssign- guideline-on-the-management-of-asthma/ Accessed 16 Jan 2015....
Wiener-Ogilvie S, Pinnock H, Sheikh A, Huby G, Partridge M, Gillies J: Describing compliance with the British Guideline for the Management of Asthma (BTS-SIGN), in a rural health board. PCRJ 2007, 16 : 363-368.Wiener-Ogilvie S, Pinnock H, Sheikh A, Huby G, Partridge M, Gillies...
AsthmaNo abstract available.doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211189White, JohnPaton, James YNiven, RobertPinnock, HilaryThoraxWhite J, Paton JY, Niven R, et al. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma: a look at the key differences between BTS/ SIGN and NICE. Thorax 2018;73:293-7...
ASTHMATICSPRIMARY careThe 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...