Respiratory tract diseases
Respiratory tract diseases are common in the UK, affecting one in five people. Conditions such as lung cancer, COPD and pneumonia account for 20% of all UK deaths. These and other respiratory problems can also significantly affect quality of life. Pharmacists can dispense a wide range of treatments and advice to help manage symptoms and treat the underlying causes.
Our collection of resources has been organised into five sections: upper respiratory infections, lower respiratory infections, asthma, other chronic respiratory conditions, and inhaler prescribing.
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Asthma
Improving asthma care for children and young people
Children and young people with asthma: symptoms, diagnosis and the role of pharmacy
Best practice principles for inhaler prescribing
Uncontrolled asthma: assessment and management
Children and young people with asthma: pharmacological management and monitoring
Upper respiratory infections
How to identify and manage prolonged acute and chronic cough in pre-school children
The impact of a community pharmacy cough, cold and flu service on antibiotic prescribing and its acceptability
Case-based learning: sore throat
Case-based learning: cough
Croup: diagnosis and management
Hacking the vagal system to treat chronic cough
Lower respiratory infections
Case-based learning: chronic breathlessness in adults
Diagnosis and management of wheeze in pre-school children
Respiratory syncytial virus in children
Community management of pneumonia and suspected COVID-19
COVID-19 pneumonia and COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: diagnosis and management
Other chronic respiratory conditions
Cystic fibrosis: management of non-respiratory manifestations
Clinical impact of CFTR modulator therapy roll-out
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: diagnosis and management
Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
