Expert articles
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Implementing guidelinesGain effective control of mild asthma to avoid fatal exacerbations
Dr Mark L Levy explores the updated recommendations of the 2022 Global Initiative for Asthma strategy on the management and prevention of asthma
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Implementing guidelines
Never give up encouraging patients to give up smoking
Louise Ross discusses key recommendations in a new NICE guideline on tobacco dependency, which offers some positive new approaches to smoking cessation
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Implementing guidelines
GOLD COPD strategy in 2022: key updates for primary care
Professor David Halpin describes key changes in the GOLD 2022 report, and highlights important recommendations for COPD management in primary care
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Key learning points
Key learning points: updated NICE guidance on managing long COVID
Dr Claire Davies identifies seven key learning points for primary care on managing long-term effects of COVID-19
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Implementing guidelines
How to diagnose and manage sleep disorders in primary care
Professor A Niroshan Siriwardena assesses key advice from the NICE guideline on obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and related sleep disorders
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Top tips
Top tips: diagnosing and managing asthma in adults
Jane E Scullion provides 11 top tips to help primary care empower adult patients to achieve optimal asthma control
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Implementing guidelines
GINA asthma strategy: what’s new for 2021?
Dr Mark L Levy highlights updated recommendations on asthma management from the 2021 Global Initiative for Asthma report
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Key learning points
Key learning points: managing bronchiectasis in adults
Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones identifies six key learning points for primary care from the British Thoracic Society guideline on bronchiectasis
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Hot topic
Understanding and overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Dr Claire Davies explores reasons underlying, and methods of addressing, reluctance to receive COVID-19 vaccination
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Implementing guidelines
GOLD COPD strategy: what’s new for 2021?
Professor David Halpin describes the key updates in the 2021 GOLD COPD report and highlights new recommendations about patients with COPD and COVID-19
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Interim guidance aims to reduce confusion around asthma management
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses how the interim All Wales guideline offers pragmatic advice to primary care to help address conflicts in current guidance for asthma
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Implementing guidelines
Treating allergic rhinitis helps improve asthma symptoms
Dr Glenis Scadding describes an algorithm that summarises how to actively manage allergic rhinitis to improve symptoms in people with asthma
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Implementing guidelines
GINA asthma strategy: what’s new for 2020?
Dr Mark L Levy highlights updated recommendations on asthma therapy from the 2020 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) report and signposts resources for online learning
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Implementing guidelines
COVID-19 respiratory guidelines: implications for primary care
Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones highlights common themes and important considerations from NICE COVID-19 rapid guidelines on severe asthma, pneumonia, and COPD
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Key learning points
Key learning points: malnutrition in people with COPD
Dr Anita Nathan identifies key learning points for primary care from a best-practice guide to managing malnutrition in COPD
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Key learning points
Key learning points: GOLD COPD 2020 report
Professor David Halpin highlights key learnings for primary care from the updated GOLD strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Hot topic
Coronavirus: what is the role of primary care?
Dr Toni Hazell summarises the recent guidance on how to identify possible cases of novel coronavirus and why suspected cases must be isolated immediately
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE community-acquired pneumonia
Dr Caroline Ward highlights four key learning points from the 2019 NICE guideline on antimicrobial prescribing in community-acquired pneumonia
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Implementing guidelines
What indicators can help to predict future risk of asthma attacks?
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses the new recommendations from the 2019 BTS/SIGN asthma guideline, including updated advice about monitoring asthma
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Dr Karen Sennett highlights key learning points for primary care from the updated NICE guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
