The British guideline on the management of asthma produced by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) describes five steps for the management of ...

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Affecting approximately 262 million people worldwide, asthma is a chronic condition of the lungs that causes airway inflammation. 1. Typical symptoms include: Breathlessness; Whee ...

Dec. 2, 2002 — A new approach to treating severe asthma, reported in the Nov. 30 issue of The Lancet, uses induced sputum to monitor eosinophils and to target their suppression. Although a controlled ...

Background and aims: Acute wheeze and asthma are common reasons for paediatric admissions to hospital in the UK. The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines detail the preferred management of ...

Authors of a UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that targeting the underlying cause of asthma--rather than treating symptoms of the disorder--could be more effective in reducing ...

The introduction of the Global Initiative for Asthma 2019 guidelines significantly improved treatment of children with mild asthma, according to one study. Increased registrars’ knowledge of the ...

World Health Day is observed each year on April 7 th to mark the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. The day serves as a global platform to raise awareness of major health ...

Asthma affects 7.2 million people in the UK, with annual costs to the NHS estimated at £3bn. 1,2 Promotion of this article has been funded by AstraZeneca UK, who had no influence on the authors or ...

Respiratory specialists Dr Anna Haley and Dr Nita Sehgal discuss the key principles in management of asthma during pregnancy ...

The PCNs are requested to consider the following areas in managing children and young people with asthma: ...