British Thoracic Society guidelines asthma

A study in patients with moderately severe asthma found no adverse inter-aetions when salbutamol (albuterol) was given with montelukast 100 mg or 250 mg, with or without inhaled corticosteroids. The British Thoracic Society guidelines recommend that a leukotriene antagonist is used as an add-on therapy in patients using short-acting inhaled beta2 agonists. ... 

British Thoracic Society. Guidelines for the management of asthma in adults 1. Chronic persistent asthma. Br Med J 1990 301 651-653. 

British Thoracic Society. The British guidelines on asthma management. Thorax 1997 52 Suppl. 1 S1-21. 

Asthma is managed in a stepwise approach using the British Thoracic Society and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (2008). Details are available in the British National Formulary (BNF). 

British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (2003) British guidelines on the management of asthma. Thorax 58 (Suppl 1) i1-i94. BTS and SIGN (updated May 2008). Available at www.brit-thoracic.org.uk. 

British Thoracic Society 1997 guidelines on the management of asthma. Thorax 52 Supp. 2. Available online atwww.brit-thoracic.org.co.uk/guide/guidelines.html. 

British Thoracic Society Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. British guideline on the management of asthma. Thorax 2003 58(Suppl l) il—94. 

BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY (1993) Guidelines on the management of asthma. Thorax, 48 (Suppl.), S1-S24. 

Often the same drugs are used to treat asthma and bronchitis, so they are considered here together. Guidelines on the management of chronic asthma and COPD are produced by the British Thoracic Society and published in the BNF and MIMS. 

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