Open AccessTreatment of asthma: Identification of the practice behavior and the deviation from the guideline recommendations
Author(s) -
Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya,
Raina Paul,
Nag S,
Sujan Bardhan,
Indranil Saha,
Malay Kumar Ghosh,
Ranjan Kumar Dey,
Shofiq Islam,
Acharyya Ghosh D
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.68315
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , guideline , medical prescription , psychological intervention , family medicine , clinical practice , nursing , pathology
Despite an exponential development of the understanding of the disease with availability of good therapy and feasibility of good control along with availability of globally accepted guidelines, there remains a significant gap between the guidelines and prevailing practice behavior for treating asthma all over the globe. This perhaps stands as the single most deterrent factor for good asthma care worldwide. The objective of the study is to analyze the asthma prescriptions to find out the available status of the practice behaviour and the deviations from the guideline in asthma practice.