Evidence-based guideline on the primary care management of asthma

M Eccles; N Rousseau; B Higgins; L Thomas; North of England Asthma Guideline Development Group

doi:10.1093/fampra/18.2.223

Evidence-based guideline on the primary care management of asthma

Fam Pract. 2001 Apr;18(2):223-9. doi: 10.1093/fampra/18.2.223.

Authors

M Eccles¹, N Rousseau, B Higgins, L Thomas; North of England Asthma Guideline Development Group

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AA, UK.

PMID: 11264277
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/18.2.223

Abstract

This is an updated version of the first North of England Asthma Guideline (1,2) and summarizes the full guideline. (3) This paper presents all the recommendations within the guideline and, where these are new or substantially altered from the original version, it also presents a summary of the supporting evidence. The aims and methods of development (summarized in Box 1) of this guideline are unchanged from the original version, to which readers are directed for more detail. The research questions raised during the development of this guideline are shown in Box 2.

Publication types

Guideline
Practice Guideline
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asthma / drug therapy*
Asthma / etiology
Asthma / physiopathology
Disease Management*
Evidence-Based Medicine*
Humans
Primary Health Care / methods*