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Volume 8, Issue 3(Suppl)
J Allergy Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2155-6121
Allergy-Clinical Immunology 2017
September 07-08, 2017
September 07-08, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland
ALLERGY, ASTHMA & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
11
th
International Conference on
Asthma management according to bts (british thoracic society) guidelines at Ealing hospital
Tahira Adnan
and
Suryateja chekuri
Allergy Respiratory Registrar, UK
Clinical Fellow, University of Buckingham
A
sthma is a common condition which produces a significant workload for general practice, hospital outpatient clinics and
inpatient admissions. Much of this morbidity relates to poor management particularly around the use of preventative
medicine. In 1999 the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) agreed to
jointly produce a comprehensive new asthma guideline. Between 2004 and 2012 sections within the guideline were updated
annually. Subsequently, updating moved to a biennial basis, beginning with the 2014 update. The new guideline was issued in
2016. The guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the management of asthma
.
adnan.tahira@yahoo.co.ukJ Allergy Ther 2017, 8:3(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6121-C1-006