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....
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. ...
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...
p pBackground/p pAlthough the BTS-SIGN asthma guideline is one of the most well known and widely respected guidelines in the world, implementation in UK primary care remains patchy. Building on extensive earlier descriptive work, we sought to explore the way teamwork and inter-professional ...
The BTS/NICE/SIGN guideline provides strong economic evidence to support the GINA strategy approach of single anti-inflammatory-reliever (AIR) and Maintenance and Reliever (MART) therapies as the cornerstone of asthma management in people age 12 and over....
It recommends that spirometry should be the first-choice test for lung functiontesting in the diagnosis of asthma but reinforces the need for staff to be trained and assessed in the ability to carry out and interpret spirometry correctly. Inpeople where asthma diagnosis is considered a high ...
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...
Latest Guidance Issued By BTS/SIGN Supports Use Of Single Inhaler For Maintenance And Relief In Asthmatic PatientsAnna Ohlden
White 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.White J et al. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma: a look at the key differences between BTS/...
SIGN/BTS asthma management guideline: revisions for 2009doi:10.1002/psb.555John ReesBurhan KhanJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.