Asthma diagnosis and monitoring of asthma in adults, children and young people

This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of people with suspected asthma presenting with respiratory symptoms, and monitoring asthma control in people with a confirmed diagnosis of asthma. Chapters 6 to 10 review the diagnostic accuracy of the initial clinical assessment questions for...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Great Britain), National Guideline Centre (Great Britain)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London National Institute for Health and Care Excellence November 2017, 2017
Edition:Final version
Series:NICE guideline
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of people with suspected asthma presenting with respiratory symptoms, and monitoring asthma control in people with a confirmed diagnosis of asthma. Chapters 6 to 10 review the diagnostic accuracy of the initial clinical assessment questions for the diagnosis of asthma in people with suspected asthma presenting with respiratory symptoms. Chapters 11 to 20 review the diagnostic test accuracy of objective tests for the diagnosis of asthma in people with suspected asthma presenting with respiratory symptoms. The diagnostic pathway can be found in section 4.1. Chapters 23 to 30 review the clinical and cost-effectiveness of interventions used to monitor asthma control
Physical Description:1 PDF file (323 pages) illustrations