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COPD National Strategy Quick Reference Guide Primary Care Respiratory Society UK
Introduction Prevention & awareness Identification & diagnosis Chronic care Acute care Self care End-of-Life care Asthma Implementing the strategy

Asthma Further Resources
COPD National Strategy Slide Kit (members only)
Consultation on a strategy for COPD (Feb 2010)
PCRS-UK COPD National Strategy Resources
PCRJ COPD National Strategy Supplement
PCRS-UK Guidance on the Diagnosis and Management of COPD
GOLD COPD Guidance
NICE COPD Guidance
Conditions of Use
Back to Quick Reference Guide Asthma
Back to Quick Reference Guide
Asthma (COPD National Strategy)
Further resources for professionals

Guideline
 BTS/SIGN. British Guideline on the Management of Asthma
Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Asthma Guidance

Primary care tools and resources
PCRS-UK: Quick Guide - Routine Management of Asthma in Primary Care
Opinion: Diagnosis of asthma in adults
Opinion: Asthma Review
Opinion: Personal Asthma Action Plans
Opinion: Management of asthma in children
Opinion: NICE Guidelines for Inhaled Steroids for the treatment of chronic asthma
Opinion: The role of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists, alone and in combination, in the management of asthma
Opinion: High Risk Asthma
Opinion: Asthma - Special Situations
Protocol for Asthma Reviews
Protocol for Telephone consultations for routine asthma review
Protocol for the management of acute asthma in primary care
Patient Group direction for the administration of salbutamol in acute asthma in primary care

Key reviews and evidence
Pinnock H, Fletcher M, Holmes S, Keeley D, Leyshon J, Price D, Russell R, Versnel J, Wagstaff B. Setting the standard for routine asthma consultations: a discussion of the aims, process and outcomes of reviewing people with asthma in primary care. Prim Care Respir J 2010; 19: 75-83
Gibson PG, et al. Self-management education and regular practitioner review for adults with asthma. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD001117. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001117
Gibson PG, Powell H. Written action plans for asthma: an evidence-based review of the key components. Thorax 2004; 59: 94-9
Haughney J, Price D, Kaplan A, et al. Achieving asthma control in practice: Understanding the reasons for poor control. Respir Med 2008; 102: 1681 – 1693
Author: Dr Hilary Pinnock, University of Edinburgh, and Whitstable Medical Practice, Kent  |  Editor: Dr Mark Levy, Kingsbury, London

This COPD National Strategy Quick Reference Guide is provided to you by the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK)
and is an interpretation of the document Consultation on a Strategy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in England (February 2010) written by the Department of Health.
This Quick Reference Guide has been supported by an educational grant from Allen & Hanburys,
the specialist respiratory division of GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca UK Ltd and Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd/Pfizer Ltd.
The views expressed in the materials are not necessarily those of either the Department of Health, the sponsors or the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK). © PCRS-UK
Introduction  |  Prevention & awareness  |  Identification & diagnosis  |  Chronic care  |  Acute care  |  Self care  |  End-of-Life care  |  Asthma  |  Implementing the strategy
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