The One Minute Sit to Stand Test Protocol
The one-minute sit to stand test (1-MSTST) has become the test of choice during the pandemic for measuring exercise capacity, both at in-person and virtual appointments due to the inability to conduct robust six minute or incremental / endurance shuttle walk tests (6MWT/ ISWT/ ESWT). It can easily be conducted in the patient’s home or a small clinic room, requires little equipment, is quick to undertake and yields useful information about the patient’s physiological response to exercise.
This article provides information on how to prepare, undertake and record the one minute sit to stand test.
Calculating and interpreting Peak Expiratory Flow rate variability and reversibility
In this article, the authors provide a pragmatic consensus approach to calculating and interpreting peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) variability and reversibility from peak flow diary recordings for asthma diagnosis. This guide is intended for healthcare professionals working in primary care. Please see the links in the references for more information on the evidence and value of peak flow monitoring
Are you ready for the new asthma guideline?
New BTS/NICE/SIGN Guideline on Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management 2024Today (27th November) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) publish their long-awaited single guideline on asthma diagnosis, monitoring and management.
All that glitters is not GOLD, nor is it even NICE
Please note an error has been corrected in the PCRS treatment guidelines article "All that glitters is not GOLD, nor is it even NICE" which first appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update. We had placed LAMA instead of LABA in the asthma/COPD overlap column in figure 7.
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