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Asthma management in practice.
832 To the Editor: The prevalence of asthma is increasing worldwide and the morbidity and mortality attributed to undiagnosed or inappropriately treated asthma remains unacceptably high. In 2000 the SAMJ published a guideline to help practitioners to diagnose and manage asthma. Even though guidelines such as this are freely available, many patients remain less than optimally medicated. The pres...
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Asthma is probably the commonest chronic disease in the United Kingdom, and its attendant morbidity extends outside the possible scope of the hospital sector. Innovations to improve the care of asthma must therefore come from general practice. The need for such care initiatives is demonstrated by the rising mortality and morbidity from this condition, and by the evidence of less than optimum tr...
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BACKGROUND Dispensing data suggest potential issues with the quality use of medicines for airways disease. OBJECTIVE The objective of this article was to describe the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in general practice, and investigate the appropriateness of prescribing. METHODS The method used for this study consisted of a national cross‑sectional surv...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.287.6384.57