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:

• 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

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

• Pulmonary Function Testing: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2972.htm

Allergen-specific IgE antibody test:

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Allergen-specific IgE antibody test - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/allergy/test.html

• Allergy testing - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003519.htm

Lab Tests:

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Complete Blood Count - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cbc/glance.html

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: White Blood Cell Differential Count - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/differential/glance.html

• Medline Plus: Absolute Eosinophil count - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003649.htm

Peak expiratory flow rate:

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology: Peak expiratory flow rate monitoring - http://www.aaaai.org/members/resources/initiatives/pediatricasthmaguidelines/06_AssessmentMonitoring.pdf

• American Lung Association: Peak expiratory flow rate review - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22586

• Peak expiratory flow rate - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003443.htm

Sputum smear (KOH test):

• 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:

• British Thoracic Society Guideline on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy - http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/iqs/dlsfa.view/dldbitemid.259/dlcpti.121/page249.html

• Medline Plus: Bronchoscopy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003857.htm

Inhaler technique:

• 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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