New Guidelines for Asthma Management

The new guidelines for management of work-related asthma.

W ork-related asthma, which includes occupational asthma as well as work-aggravated asthma, has become one of the most prevalent occupational lung diseases. In spite of increasing knowledge of the causes and underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, this preventable disorder continues to account for at least 15% of all asthma cases in the adult population and is responsible for a significant so...

Guidelines on the management of asthma.

Guidelines on management of acute asthma.

British guidelines on the management of asthma: what's new for 2011?

Since 1999 the British Guidelines on the Management of Asthma have been produced jointly by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) using a rigorous evidence-based methodology. Sections within the guideline have been revised regularly, with the Pharmacological Management section being updated nearly every year. We believe this has resulted in a ‘...

Breaking new ground: challenging existing asthma guidelines

BACKGROUND While we have international guidelines and various national guidelines for asthma diagnosis and management, asthma remains poorly controlled in many children and adults. In this paper we review the limitations of current asthma guidelines and describe important issues and remaining questions regarding asthma guidelines for use, particularly in primary care. DISCUSSION Clinical prac...