Asthma Resources and Asthma Guidelines for Patients with Asthma

Useful Asthma Resources

This page provides links to asthma guidelines and other useful resources including clinical trials, asthma evidence-based medicine, journals and organisations which provide information for both healthcare professional and patients with asthma.

Asthma guidelines

Asthma Disease Management Resource Manual http://www.acaai.org
British guideline on the management of asthma http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/101/index.html
Global Initiative for Asthma    http://www.ginasthma.org
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma    http://www.acaai.org
National Guideline Clearinghouse   http://www.guideline.gov
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance   http://guidance.nice.org.uk/
Pulmonary rehabilitation      http://www.chestnet.org

Clinical trials in asthma patients

AstraZeneca Clinical Trials    http://www.astrazenecaclinicaltrials.com
Center Watch     http://www.centerwatch.com
Clinical Trials (gov)     http://clinicaltrials.gov
Clinical Trials Doctor    http://clinicaltrialdoctors.com

Asthma evidence-based medicine

Clinical Trials Service Unit    http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk
Cochrane Collaboration    http://www.cochrane.org
James Lind Library     http://www.jameslindlibrary.org
Current Controlled Trials    http://www.controlled-trials.com

General scientific journals

Advance for Respiratory Care Practitioners http://www.advanceforrcp.com
Allergy http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0105-4538&site=1
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/
BMC (BioMed Central) Pulmonary Medicine http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpulmmed/
British Medical Journal    http://www.bmj.com
Canadian Medical Association Journal  http://www.cma.ca
Chest     http://www.chestjournal.org/
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine    http://www.degruyter.de/journals/cclm/
European Respiratory Journal  http://www.erj.ersjournals.com/
International Journal of Clinical Practice http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1368-5031&site=1
Journal of the American Medical Association    http://jama.ama-assn.org
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymai
Lancet      http://www.thelancet.com
New England Journal of Medicine    http://content.nejm.org
Respiratory Care    http://www.rcjournal.com/
Respiratory Medicine http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/623069/description#description
Respiratory Research   http://respiratory-research.com/
The Clinical Respiratory Journal http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1752-6981
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease http://tar.sagepub.com/
Thorax     http://thorax.bmj.com/

Organisations with information for healthcare professionals and asthma patients

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology   http://www.acaai.org
American Thoracic Society    http://thoracic.org
British Thoracic society    http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/
European Academy of Allergy and Clincial Immunology    http://www.eaaci.net/v2/
European Federation of Asthma and Allergy Associations    http://www.efanet.org
European Institute of Health Care   http://www.euihc.eu
European Respiratory Society   http://www.ersnet.org
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/naepp/