Wiener-Ogilvie S, Huby G, Pinnock H, Gillies J, Sheikh A: Practice organisational characteristics can impact on compliance with the BTS/SIGN asthma guideline: qualitative comparative case study in primary care. BMC Fam Pract 2008, 9:32....
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...
SUMMARYThis latest asthma guideline emphasises the importance of recognising the key features and clinical pattern that make asthma a likely diagnosis. This isachieved by thorough history-taking supported by appropriate diagnostic tests. It recommends that spirometry should be the first-choice test for ...
The British BTS/NICE/SIGN Asthma Guideline was launched in November 2024 and represents a major shift in asthma diagnosis and management in the United Kingdom. The British Guideline places emphasis on markers of eosinophilic inflammation as initial key diagnostic tests whereas GINA places emphasis ...
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...
SIGN/BTS asthma management guideline: revisions for 2009doi:10.1002/psb.555John ReesBurhan KhanJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.