
Back to Basics: Drugs for asthma – where and how do they work?
Back to Basics: Anaphylaxis and adrenaline auto-injector pens
Back to Basics: Pharmacokinetics of inhaled drugs – where inhaled drugs go
Back to Basics: Mechanisms of allergy
Back to Basics: Key steps in resuscitation
Back to Basics: Is it COPD or asthma?
To be able to effectively manage patients with
airflow obstruction in general practice it is
imperative that we can differentiate between
asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD). Although COPD and asthma share many
clinical features, they are different conditions with
different airway inflammation and parenchymal
patterns.