A quarter of a million people in the UK are affected by severe asthma, which can cause a huge physical, emotional and psychological burden on patients. Primary healthcare professionals need to have an awareness of severe asthma, phenotypes of disease, and treatment pathways to aid support and management of the patient and ensure appropriate referral to specialist centres.
Primary Health Care. 22, 8, 32-38. doi: 10.7748/phc2012.10.22.8.32.c9325
Correspondence Peer reviewThis article has been subject to double blind peer review
Conflict of interestThe author received support from Astra Zeneca, GSK and Novartis to attend educational conferences
or
Alternatively, you can purchase access to this article for the next seven days. Buy now
Are you a student? Our student subscription has content especially for you.
Find out more