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Author Correction: “Tossing a coin:” defining the excessive use of short-acting beta2-agonists in asthma—the views of general practitioners and asthma experts in primary and secondary care

In the PDF and HTML versions of this Brief Communication a couple of words are not shown in a sentence in the penultimate sentence of the first paragraph of the Results, changing the meaning. This sentence sho...

Shauna McKibben, Andy Bush, Mike Thomas… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2019)

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“Tossing a coin:” defining the excessive use of short-acting beta₂-agonists in asthma—the views of general practitioners and asthma experts in primary and secondary care

The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) identified high prescribing of short–acting beta₂-agonists (SABAs) as a key factor in over 40% of deaths. We interviewed asthma experts from both a hospital background ...

Shauna McKibben, Andy Bush, Mike Thomas… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2018)

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The use of electronic alerts in primary care computer systems to identify the excessive prescription of short-acting beta₂-agonists for people with asthma: a systematic review

Computers are increasingly used to improve prescribing decisions in the management of long-term conditions however the effects on asthma prescribing remain unclear. We aimed to synthesise the evidence for the ...

Shauna McKibben, Anna De Simoni, Andy Bush… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2018)

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The use of electronic alerts in primary care computer systems to identify the over-prescription of short-acting beta₂-agonists in people with asthma: a protocol for a systematic review

Shauna McKibben, Andy Bush, Mike Thomas… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2017)

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Asthma prescribing, ethnicity and risk of hospital admission: an analysis of 35,864 linked primary and secondary care records in East London

Inappropriate prescribing in primary care was implicated in nearly half of asthma deaths reviewed in the UK’s recent National Review of Asthma Deaths. Using anonymised EMIS-Web data for 139 ethnically diverse ...

Sally A Hull, Shauna McKibben, Kate Homer… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2016)