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1. Asthma update: recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and management: PHC700 Kaufman G (2012) Asthma update: recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and management. Primary health care. 22, 4, 32-39. Date of acceptance: January 24 2012

Subjects
Spirometry -- Usage, Evidence-based medicine -- Usage, Asthma -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment -- Prognosis, Business, Health, Health care industry, Business, international, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Abstract

Abstract Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways associated with a high level of morbidity. In the UK, much of the responsibility for asthma management rests in primary [...]

Published
2012

2. Oxygen therapy for acutely ill patients in community settings

Author

Lynes, Dave

Subjects
Oxygen therapy -- Health aspects -- Usage -- Research, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Usage -- Health aspects -- Research, Lung diseases, Obstructive -- Care and treatment -- Demographic aspects -- Research, Critically ill -- Care and treatment -- Research -- Health aspects -- Usage, Health, Health care industry, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Abstract

Summary Given the trend to manage patients with more severe exacerbations of chronic respiratory conditions in the community, nurses will increasingly be required to assess and manage acutely breathless patients [...]

Published
2009

3. Severity assessment criteria recommended by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and older patients. Should SOAR (systolic blood pressure, oxygenation, age and respiratory rate) criteria be used in older people? A compilation study of two prospective cohorts

Author

Myint, Phyo K., Kamath, Ajay V., Vowler, Sarah L., Maisey, David N., and Harrison, Brian D.W.

Subjects
Community-acquired infections -- Research, Community-acquired infections -- Care and treatment, Health, Psychology and mental health, Seniors, Social sciences, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2006

4. Validity of severity scores in hospitalized patients with nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Author

El-Solh, Ali A., Alhajhusain, Ahmad, Jaoude, Philippe Abou, and Drinka, Paul

Subjects
Bacterial pneumonia -- Prognosis, Bacterial pneumonia -- Research, Bacterial pneumonia -- Diagnosis, Pneumonia -- Prognosis, Pneumonia -- Research, Pneumonia -- Diagnosis, Nursing homes -- Health aspects, Radiography -- Usage, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2010

5. Pleural procedures and thoracic ultrasound: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

Author

Havelock, Tom, Teoh, Richard, Laws, Diane, and Gleeson, Fergus

Subjects
Drainage, Surgical -- Standards, Drainage, Surgical -- Safety and security measures, Diagnosis, Ultrasonic -- Usage, Diagnosis, Ultrasonic -- Standards, Diagnosis, Ultrasonic -- Safety and security measures, Chest -- Diseases, Chest -- Diagnosis, Chest -- Care and treatment, Chest -- Paracentesis, Chest -- Standards, Chest -- Safety and security measures, Practice guidelines (Medicine), Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2010

6. Local anaesthetic thoracoscopy: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

Author

Rahman, Najib M., Ali, Nabeel J., Brown, Gail, Chapman, Stephen J., Davies, Robert J.O., Downer, Nicola J., Gleeson, Fergus V., Howes, Timothy Q., Treasure, Tom, Singh, Shivani, and Phillips, Gerrard D.

Subjects
Thoracoscopy -- Usage, Thoracoscopy -- Standards, Anesthetics -- Dosage and administration, Practice guidelines (Medicine), Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2010

12. Guidelines for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in adult patients with chronic kidney disease

Author

Milburn, Heather, Ashman, Neil, Davies, Peter, Doffman, Sarah, Drobniewski, Francis, Khoo, Saye, Ormerod, Peter, Ostermann, Marlies, and Snelson, Catherine

Subjects
Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Care and treatment, Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Prevention, Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Demographic aspects, Chronic kidney failure -- Care and treatment, Practice guidelines (Medicine), Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2010

13. Indications for thoracic ultrasound in chest medicine: an observational study

Author

Medford, A.R.L. and Entwisle, J.J.

Subjects
Diagnosis, Ultrasonic -- Usage, Diagnosis, Ultrasonic -- Research, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Usage, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Research, Chest -- Diseases, Chest -- Diagnosis, Chest -- Research, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2010

15. BTS guidelines for home oxygen in children

Author

Balfour-Lynn, I.M., Field, D.J., Gringras, P., Hicks, B., Jardine, E., Jones, R.C., Magee, A.G., Primhak, R.A., Samuels, M.P., Shaw, N.J., Stevens, S., Sullivan, C., Taylor, J.A., and Wallis, C.

Subjects
Oxygen therapy -- Standards, Oxygen therapy -- Demographic aspects, Pediatric respiratory diseases -- Care and treatment, Home care -- Standards, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2009

16. Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient

Author

Bott, J., Blumenthal, S., Buxton, M., Ellum, S., Falconer, C., Garrod, R., Harvey, A., Hughes, T., Lincoln, M., Mikelsons, C., Potter, C., Pryor, J., Rimington, L., Sinfield, F., Thompson, C., Vaughn, P., and White, J.

Subjects
Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Evaluation, Physical therapy -- Standards, Therapeutics, Physiological -- Standards, Lung diseases -- Care and treatment, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2009

17. BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients

Author

O'Driscoll, B.R., Howard, L.S., and Davison, A.G.

Subjects
Oxygen therapy -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Middle aged persons -- Care and treatment, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2008

18. Recommendations for the assessment and management of cough in children

Author

Shields, M.D., Bush, A., Everard, M.L., McKenzie, S., and Primhak, R.

Subjects
Cough -- Diagnosis, Cough -- Care and treatment, Pediatric respiratory diseases -- Diagnosis, Pediatric respiratory diseases -- Care and treatment, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Evaluation, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2008

21. Community-acquired pneumonia: doctors do not follow national guidelines

Author

Collini, Paul, Beadsworth, Mike, Anson, Jim, Neal, Tim, Burnham, Peter, Deegan, Paul, Beeching, Nick, and Miller, Alastair

Subjects
Community-acquired infections -- Patient outcomes, Community-acquired infections -- Economic aspects, Community-acquired infections -- Care and treatment, Bacterial pneumonia -- Drug therapy, Pneumonia -- Drug therapy, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Research, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Usage, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2007

23. BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection in children

Author

Balfour-Lynn, I.M., Abrahamson, E., Cohen, G., Hartley, J., King, S., Parikh, D., Spencer, D.A., Thomson, A.H., and Urquhart, D.

Subjects
Therapeutics -- Standards, Children -- Diseases, Pleural diseases -- Care and treatment, Homeopathy -- Materia medica and therapeutics, Homeopathy -- Standards, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2005

24. Validation of predictive rules and indices of severity for community acquired pneumonia

Author

Ewig, S., De Roux, A., Bauer, T., Garcia, E., Mensa, J., Niederman, M., and Torres, A.

Subjects
Bacterial pneumonia -- Care and treatment, Pneumonia -- Care and treatment, Medical care -- Standards, Medical care -- United States, Medical care -- United Kingdom, Health, American Thoracic Society -- Standards, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2004

26. Death to the garden hose?

Author

Baumann, Michael H.

Subjects
Pleural diseases -- Care and treatment, Chest -- Intubation, Chest -- Standards, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2010

27. The modern way of developing clinical guidelines

Author

Higgins, Bernard G.

Subjects
Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Models, Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Innovations, Respiratory tract diseases -- Care and treatment, Company business management, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards, British Thoracic Society -- Management
Published
2007

29. Implementation of British Thoracic Society guidelines for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: impact on quality of life

Author

Dheda, K., Crawford, A., Hagan, G., and Roberts, C.M.

Subjects
British Thoracic Society -- Standards, Lung diseases -- Health aspects, Health, Standards, Health aspects
Abstract

Postgrad Med J 2004;80:169-171. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.012831 Background: The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines have not been examined collectively for their impact on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Whether intensive outpatient [...]

Published
2004

30. CLINICAL NEWS: BTS oxygen guidelines

Subjects
Oxygen equipment (Medical care) -- Usage, Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Abstract

Thorax has published updated British Thoracic Society guidelines on emergency oxygen use in adults. It suggests aiming for normal or near- normal oxygen saturation for acutely ill patients apart from [...]

Published
2008

31. Study calls standard asthma management into doubt

Subjects
Corticosteroids -- Dosage and administration, Asthma -- Care and treatment, Asthma -- Research, Business, Health, Health care industry, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Abstract

Steve Ford Doubling the daily dose of inhaled corticosteroids at the first sign of an asthma attack has little benefit, according to Canadian researchers. The study has muddied the debate [...]

Published
2004

32. Pulmonary rehabilitation

Subjects
British Thoracic Society -- Standards, Lung diseases -- Care and treatment, Health, Standards, Care and treatment
Abstract

British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Subcommittee on Pulmonary Rehabilitation Scope, introduction and background The aim of pulmonary rehabilitation is to reduce disability and handicap in people with lung disease [...]

Published
2001

33. Evaluation of patients prior to air travel

Author

Gupta, Amit, Stocks, Janet, and Jones, Gareth

Subjects
Air travel -- Evaluation, Air travel -- Health aspects, Hypoxia -- Evaluation, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2009

36. Multidrug resistance emerging in North London outbreak

Author

Maguire, H., Ruddy, M., Bothamley, G., Patel, B., Lipman, M., Drobniewski, F., Yates, M., and Brown, T.

Subjects
Tuberculosis -- Reports, Tuberculosis -- Care and treatment, Epidemics -- England, Epidemics -- Reports, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Published
2006

37. Guidelines for managing community acquired pneumonia in adults: many recommendations remain based on the lowest grades of evidence. (Editorials)

Author

Keeley, Duncan

Subjects
British Thoracic Society -- Standards, Bacterial pneumonia -- Care and treatment, Pneumonia -- Care and treatment, Health, Standards, Care and treatment
Abstract

New guidelines from the British Thoracic Society for managing community acquired pneumonia in adults were published in December 2001 in Thorax. (1) They have been formulated using modern methods with [...]

Published
2002

39. Asthma nurses will be expected to perform regular reviews of their patients in collaboration with GPs as part of new guidelines published by the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Inter-collegiate Guidelines Network

Subjects
Asthmatics -- Care and treatment, Nurse-physician joint practice -- Standards, Nurses -- Standards, Health, Health care industry, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Abstract

Asthma nurses will be expected to perform regular reviews of their patients in collaboration with GPs as part of new guidelines published by the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish [...]

Published
2003

42. Noninvasive ventilation and COPD

Author

Riches, Anne

Subjects
Lung diseases, Obstructive -- Care and treatment, Hypercapnia -- Care and treatment, Positive pressure respiration -- Usage, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Abstract

The use of noninvasive ventilation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who suffer from hypercapnia is described. The procedure uses variable positive airway pressure to help the patient expel excess carbon dioxide in the lungs.

Published
2003

43. Developing effective services for people with COPD

Author

French, Jane

Subjects
Lung diseases, Obstructive -- Care and treatment, Health, British Thoracic Society -- Standards
Abstract

The latest guidelines and British National Health Service initiatives for caring for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are discussed.

Published
2003

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