[Being a GP] [The GP consultation] [Clinical Ethics and Values] [Evidence based health care] [Clinical Governance] [Equality and diversity]

[Management in primary care] [Information technology] [Research and academic activity]     

[Patient Safety Management] [Healthy living] [Genetics] [Acutely ill People] [Children & Young People] [Older Adults] [Women's health] [Men's health]

[Sexual Health] [Cancer & Palliative Care] [Mental Health Problems] [Drugs and Alcohol] [Learning Disabilities] [Respiratory] [Cardiovascular] [Gastroenterology] [Ophthalmology] [Neurology] [ENT & Facial] [Rheumatology and Trauma] [Dermatology] [Metabolic]                    

[Teaching, mentorship and clinical supervision]

Respiratory   Direct link to the Respiratory curriculum

Material specific for the Nottingham VTS

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Relevant texts and resources

• ARROLL B AND KENEALY T. Antibiotics for the common cold and acute purulent rhinitis Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD000247

• BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. The British National Formulary London: BMJ Books, updated annually

• BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN,ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH. The Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group BNF for Children London: BMA, 2005

• BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Thorax 1997; 52(Suppl 5): S1–28

• BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY/SIGN. British guidelines on the management of asthma Thorax 2003; 58(Suppl I): S1–94

• GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE (GOLD) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (eds). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (2006)

• GOLD, 2006, www.goldcopd.com/Guidelineitem.asp?l1=2&l2=1&intId=989 

• REES J AND KANABAR D (eds). ABC of Asthma (5th edn) London: BMJ Books, 2005

• THE RESPIRATORY ALLIANCE. Bridging the Gap: commissioning and delivering high quality integrated respiratory healthcare: a report from the respiratory alliance Cookham: Direct Publishing Solutions Limited, 2003, www.bsaci.org/open/pdf/bridging_the_gap_final.pdf

• VERHEIJ TJM, QUIROGA L, BEILBY J, et al. Respiratory problems, Section 2. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass DA, Grol R, Mant D, et al. (eds). Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, Vol. 2: clinical management Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 671–707

• WILLIAM S, RYAN D, PRICE D, et al. General practitioners with a special clinical interest: a model for improving respiratory disease management Br J Gen Pract 2002; 52: 838–43

• WORKING PARTY OF THE GENERAL PRACTICE AIRWAYS GROUP AND THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. General prac-titioners with a special interest in respiratory medicine Prim Care Resp J 2003; 12(2): 38–41

Web resources

• British Thoracic Society Information on spirometry can be found at British Thoracic Society. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk 

• BTS/ SIGN: British Guideline on Asthma Management 2003 Useful for current management guidelines on asthma. www.sign.ac.uk  or www.brit-thoracic.org.uk 

• General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG) An excellent sire for access to resources on the management of respiratory disease in primary care. www.gpiag.org.uk 

• GOLD (WHO Global Initiative for Chronic Lung Disease) Useful for current management guidelines on COPD. www.goldcopd.com 

• National Asthma Campaign For patient information and specifically for resources on action/self-management plans. www.asthma.org.uk 

• National Respiratory Training Centre (NRTC) It aims to provide a consistent, comprehensive and innovative approach to professional health training in the field of respiratory health, with the ultimate objective of transforming lives worldwide. Educational programmes are run nationally and internationally, and are accredited by the Open University. www.nrtc.org.uk 

• NICE guidance on respiratory diseases www.nice.org.uk

Interesting papers

• DOUGLAS NJ AND GEORGE CFP. Treating sleep apnoea is cost effective Thorax 2002; 57: 93

• Greater expectations. Findings of the National Asthma Campaign Survey of the Needs of People with Asthma Asthma J 2000; 5

• MCNICHOLAS WT. Sleep apnoea and driving risk Eur Respir J 1999; 13: 1225–7

• NATIONAL ASTHMA CAMPAIGN. Asthma audit out in the open. A true picture of asthma in the UK today Asthma J September 2001; 6: special supplement

• NATIONAL ASTHMA CAMPAIGN. Starting as we mean to go on. An audit of children’s asthma in the UK Asthma J May 2002; 8: special supplement

• PRICE D, RYAN D, PEARCE L, BRIDE F. The AIR study: asthma in real life Asthma J 1999; 4: 74–8

• RABE KF, VERMEIRE PA, SORIANO JB, MAIER WC. Clinical management of asthma in 1999: the Asthma Insights and Reality in Europe (AIRE) study Eur Respir J 2000; 16: 1–6

• SAARINEN M AND KAJOSAARI M. Breastfeeding as prophylaxis against atopic disease: prospective follow-up study until 17 years old Lancet 1995; 346: 1065–9

• SIAFAKS NM, VERMEIRE P, PRIDE NB, et al. Optimal assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

• The European Respiratory Society Task Force Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 1398–420

References

• BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY (BTS). Burden of Lung Disease. A statistics report from the British Thoracic Society London: BTS, November 2001, www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/pdf/BTSpages.pdf

• ISAAC. Worldwide variation in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic asthma Lancet 1998; 351: 1225–32

• OMRAN M AND RUSSELL G. Continuing increase in respiratory symptoms and atrophy in Aberdeen schoolchildren BMJ 1996; 312: 34

• ANDERSON HR, BUTLAND BK, STRACHAN DP. Trends in prevalence and severity of childhood asthma BMJ 1994; 308: 160–4

• THE RESPIRATORY ALLIANCE. Bridging the Gap: commissioning and delivering high quality integrated respiratory healthcare: a report from the Respiratory Alliance Cookham: Direct Publishing Solutions Limited, 2003

• NATIONAL ASTHMA CAMPAIGN. Out in the open: a true picture of asthma in the United Kingdom today. Asthma Audit 2001 Asthma Journal 2001; 6(3): 1–14

• BRITISH THORACIC ASSOCIATION. Deaths from asthma in two regions of England BMJ 1982; 285: 1251–5

• MOHAN G, HARRISON BD, BADMINTON RM, et al. A confidential enquiry into deaths caused by asthma in an English health region: implications for general practice Br J Gen Pract 1996; 46: 529–32

• BUCKNALL CE, SLACK R, GODLEY CC, et al. on behalf of SCIAD. Scottish Confidential Inquiry into Asthma Deaths (SCIAD), 1994–6 Thorax 1999; 54: 978–84

• CHARLTON I AND WHITE P. Asthma. Chapter 2.4. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass DA, Grol R, Mant D, et al. (eds). Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, Vol. 2: clinical management Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 682–90