We will refresh the NICE guideline on asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (NG80). Changes will be made to recommendations 1.10.1 and 1.10.5 to include air pollution and its ...

GP and respiratory expert Dr Andrew Whittamore outlines the key updates in new joint NICE/BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines and advises on how best to implement the changes NICE has worked with BTS and SIGN ...

See recommendations on initial clinical assessment in the BTS, NICE and SIGN guideline on asthma. See also, the tables on alternative diagnoses in wheezy children and alternative diagnoses in adults ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published new guidelines designed to improve ... to ensure their symptoms still indicate asthma.” With regard to management of the disease, ...

NICE and SIGN have collaborated to develop this useful and useable guideline. It aims to help ease the pressure on the health service by reducing hospital admissions due to asthma and lowering the ...

The NHS has released new official guidelines for severe asthma sufferers amid coronavirus. The guideline was published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ( NICE), which ...

In final draft guidance published today (7 March), NICE has recommended omalizumab (Xolair, Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK) as an option for treating severe, persistent allergic asthma in adults, ...

Some patients may have had asthma in the past, especially as children, but it is likely that many have also been given an incorrect diagnosis, said NICE in its draft guidance. Professor Mark Baker, ...

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