British guidelines on the management of asthma.
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: As a nurse consultant in respiratory diseases, I am writing to express my concern in relation to the lack of guidance in the section on patient education and self-management in the recently published BTS/SIGN guideline on the management of asthma1. Although I fully support the importance of patient education as a key component to effective asthma management, I do have unease around the issue of inhaled steroids. I appreciate that doubling the dose of an inhaled steroid at the time of an exacerbation is of unproven value; however, anecdotally, I think we can all bring patients to mind where this has happened and their asthma …
Source: PubMed Central
Author: K Clancy
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1763674783