• Exchanges - Asthma Guidelines




• Can asthma control be improved by understanding the patients perspective?

A peer-reviewed article by IPCRG authors, Rob Horne, David Price, Jen Cleland, Rui Costa, Donna Covey, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, John Haughney, Svein Hoegh Henrichsen, Alan Kaplan, Arnulf Langhammer, Anders Ostrem, Mike Thomas, Thys van der Molen, J Christian Virchow and Sian Williams.  BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2007, 7:8 (22 May 2007)

IPCRG lobbying in Europe: Brussels Declaration on Asthma

• Press Release
• Poster Summary
• Newsletter (large file 4Mb)

Asthma in the EU: Towards better management and regulation of a public health issue (http://www.summitforchange.eu/media.php)

The IPCRG Users’ Guide to currently available asthma control tools  (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")

• Powerpoint slides describing this material

• Improving outcomes for asthma patients with allergic rhinitis: the MetaForum conferences

• Asthma care in the EU – a time for change (PDF document) (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")

• November 2006 Latest postion statement on LABAs in asthma (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")

• Position Statements (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")

• Oslo 2006 Conference Asthma Symposia (sponsored by Altana)

• 2005 postion statement on long-acting beta2 agonists (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")

• IPCRG Theophylline Opinion Sheet (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")
  Theophylline, usually administered orally, is an effective bronchodilator which may be used in the management of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is widely available, and less expensive than many other bronchodilators. However, theophylline can be a difficult drug to use safely. Click here for PDF document.*

• IPCRG Exchanges (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")

This is an international survey by the IPCRG of  practice related to managing children with asthma in the community

• International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines (CCL "Some Rights Reserved")

• NAC Asthma Management Handbook 2006 online edition

Our Australian  member, National Asthma Council Australia, NAC, published its Asthma Management Handbook 2006 in November 2006 aimed at GPs and community pharmacists, but emphasising a team approach.  The revisions include

• updated diagnostic, management and prescribing guidelines
• expanded material on asthma and allergy, exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma, asthma in pregnancy and in older people, and comorbidities
• more detail on diet and complementary medicine
• new chapters on smoking cessation and asthma prevention
• practical advice on providing structured asthma care in the primary care setting

Press release of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA”LEN) on the recently published guidelines for health professionals on the diagnosis of aspirin hypersensitivity

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