ASTHMA
- Asthma: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic177.htm
- Allergic and Environmental Asthma - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3390.htm
- Status Asthmaticus: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2169.htm
- Asthma in Pregnancy: an overview - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic476.htm
- Asthma in children: an overview - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic363.htm
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network and British Thoracic Society: British Guideline on the Management of Asthma - http://www.enterpriseportal2.co.uk/filestore/bts/asthmafull.pdf
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network and British Thoracic Society: British Guideline on the Management of Asthma - Quick Reference Guide - http://www.enterpriseportal2.co.uk/filestore/bts/qrgjan03.pdf
- Asthma and Radiological Investigations: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic59.htm
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology: Paediatric Asthma: Best Practices - http://www.aaaai.org/members/resources/initiatives/pediatricasthmaguidelines/default.stm
- American Lung Association: Asthma in Adults Fact Sheet - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22596
- American Lung Association: Asthma in Children Fact Sheet - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=44352
Measures:
Chest Radiography:
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ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Paediatric and Adult Chest Radiography - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12194&CID=545&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF
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ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Paediatric and Adult Bedside Chest Radiography (Portable Chest Radiography) - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12187&CID=545&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF
CT Scan:
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ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Paediatric and Adult Thoracic Computed Tomography (CT) - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12199&CID=545&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF
MRI Scan:
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ACR Practice Guideline for Performing and Interpreting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12266&CID=541&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF
Pulmonary Scintigraphy:
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ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Pulmonary Scintigraphy - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12275&CID=1074&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF
Pulmonary Function Testing:
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Pulmonary Function Testing: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2972.htm
Allergen-specific IgE antibody test:
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American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Allergen-specific IgE antibody test - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/allergy/test.html
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Allergy testing - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003519.htm
Lab Tests:
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American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Complete Blood Count - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cbc/glance.html
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American Association of Clinical Chemistry: White Blood Cell Differential Count - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/differential/glance.html
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Medline Plus: Absolute Eosinophil count - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003649.htm
Peak expiratory flow rate:
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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology: Peak expiratory flow rate monitoring - http://www.aaaai.org/members/resources/initiatives/pediatricasthmaguidelines/06_AssessmentMonitoring.pdf
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American Lung Association: Peak expiratory flow rate review - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22586
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Peak expiratory flow rate - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003443.htm
Sputum smear (KOH test):
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Sputum smear (KOH test) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003736.htm
Methacholine Challenge Testing:
- AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Methacholine Challenge Testing: 2001 Revision & Update - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/mctcpg-update.html
British Thoracic Society: Revised Jones Morbidity Index - http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/c2/uploads/Jones_Asthm_Index.pdf
British Thoracic Society: RCP 3 Questions: The RCP 3 Questions has been designed for health professionals to print onto Avery Parcel Labels. The basis of patient monitoring can thus be summarised in the medical record and may be used for future medical audit and clinical governance purposes - http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/c2/uploads/RCP_3_questions_labels.pdf
British Thoracic Society: ayside Asthma Stamp: Clinical Assessment Recording Stamp - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/generalpractice/Asthma/stamp/indexl.htm
British Thoracic Society: Q Score: Relationship between anxiety, depression, and morbidity in adult asthma patients - http://thorax.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/56/4/266
British Thoracic Society: Audit tools to support the BTS / SIGN British Guideline on the Management of Asthma: http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/c2/uploads/Audit_summary.pdf
Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy:
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British Thoracic Society Guideline on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy - http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/iqs/dlsfa.view/dldbitemid.259/dlcpti.121/page249.html
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Medline Plus: Bronchoscopy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003857.htm
Inhaler technique:
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Interactive Inhaler Demo - http://www.asthma.org.uk/health_professionals/interactive_inhaler_demo/index.html
Questionnaire:
- American Lung Association: Asthma Control Test - http://www.asthmacontrol.com/
- Diagnostic Tool for Asthma from GPIAG: The GPIAG diagnosis aid has been designed for health professionals to print onto Avery Parcel Labels. The basis of the diagnosis can thus be summarised in the medical record and may be used for future medical audit and clinical governance purposes - http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/c2/uploads/Opinion_10_labels.pdf
Statistics:
- American Lung Association Epidemiology and Statistics Unit: Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality 2005: Part-I - Text - http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/{7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256}/ASTHMA1.PDF
- American Lung Association Epidemiology and Statistics Unit: Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality 2005: Part-II - Graphs - http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/{7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256}/ASTHMA2.PDF
- Asthma and Allergies: Disease Incidence in UK - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=722&Pos=1&ColRank=1&Rank=192
- UK National Statistics: Prevalence of treated asthma per 1000 patients, by age, sex and calendar year: 1994 - 98 - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/xsdataset.asp?More=Y&vlnk=2345&All=Y&B2.x=72&B2.y=12
Document Provenance and History
Document Author: Dr. Fazal Danish
Document Created: 27th March 2006
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