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Sep 2016
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Asthma; New 2016 BTS Guidelines

Simon Laing, Rob Fenwick & James Yates
About this episode

This week the British Thoracic Society have released an updated version of their guidelines on asthma. The document covers all aspects from diagnosis, treatment and follow up, in this podcast we briefly run through some of the aspects covered in the acute management section.

Make sure you have a look at the full document that can be found here https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/clinical-information/asthma/btssign-asthma-guideline-2016/

Speak to you soon!

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