Achieving complete control – ICST

Achieving complete control

Steps 2, 3 and 4 of the All-Wales Adult Asthma Management and Prescribing Guideline focuses on the review of asthma control to suggest the need to step up therapy; poor symptom control, excessive use of reliever therapy (>3/week), exacerbations. It also focuses on factors to consider when stepping up therapy; inhaler technique, concordance, comorbidities.

In this next Tutorial, Katie explores these steps further.

Achieving complete control

Steps 2, 3 and 4 of the All-Wales Adult Asthma Management and Prescribing Guideline focuses on the review of asthma control to suggest the need to step up therapy; poor symptom control, excessive use of reliever therapy (>3/week), exacerbations. It also focuses on factors to consider when stepping up therapy; inhaler technique, concordance, comorbidities.

In this next Tutorial, Katie explores these steps further.

Mark as Understood

Resources

All Wales Adult Asthma Management and Prescribing Guideline

Endorsed by the Respiratory Health Implementation Group (RHIG), the All-Wales Adult Asthma Management guideline standardises management of patients with Asthma. The aim of this Guideline is to provide patients with asthma with basic asthma care, in line with the Personal Asthma Action Plan, and monitor preventer and reliever inhaler prescribing.

© Institute of Clinical Science and Technology (ICST) 2020 Support: support@icst.org.uk