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Breathlessness - Management
Basis for recommendation
Oxygen therapy
Management of SVT
Management of acute severe asthma
- Recommendations are based on expert opinion published in the British guideline on the management of asthma: a national clinical guideline [SIGN and BTS, 2009].
Management of pulmonary oedema
- Recommendations are based on expert opinion reported in the Oxford handbook of general practice [Simon et al, 2010].
Management of an acute exacerbation of COPD
- Recommendations are based on expert opinion published in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: national clinical guideline on management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care [NICE, 2010].
Management of tension pneumothorax
- Recommendations are based on expert opinion reported in the Oxford handbook of general practice [Simon et al, 2010].
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