Topic
Asthma
New patient, annual review, and the difficult-asthma assessment that has to happen before anyone says the word biologic.
Written against NICE/BTS/SIGN NG245, GINA strategy report.
- Patient information Asthma - information for patients What asthma is, why the preventer matters more than the reliever, and what to do when it gets worse. Written to go straight into a clinic letter.
- Consultation template Asthma review The routine review, ordered so that control, technique and adherence are settled before anyone reaches for the next inhaler.
- Consultation template Difficult asthma assessment The systematic assessment that has to be done before asthma is called severe, and before anyone uses the word biologic.
- Consultation template New asthma patient First assessment, built around the objective test that confirms the diagnosis and the four things that predict the next attack.