Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand

Is it asthma? Assessing and managing wheeze in pre-school children

Wheeze in children aged under five years is common and often triggered by viral illness, even in children who do not go on to have asthma in later life. By school age, at least half of children will have “grown out” of their symptoms.

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July 2020

Pharmacological management of asthma in children aged 5–11 years

A brief overview of the recently released Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ guidelines on the management of asthma in children; focusing on those aged 5-11 years.

July 2020

An update on the pharmacological management of stable COPD

New guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) were released by the Global Initiative for...

June 2020

Preventing and managing bronchiectasis in high-risk paediatric populations

Bronchiectasis is a lung disease characterised by bronchial dilation, chronic inflammation and infection, which can...

May 2020

National report: Testing for prostate cancer in primary care

This report provides an overview of laboratory prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in primary care to facilitate reflection, discussion and identification of opportunities to optimise patient care.

July 2020

Understanding the role of palliative care for people with advanced dementia

Advanced dementia is a terminal condition for which palliative care is appropriate, however, knowing when to initiate this process can be challenging.

April 2020

Symptom management in palliative dementia care

Physical symptoms commonly experienced by people with advanced dementia include pain, difficulties with hydration and nutrition, dyspnoea and infection.

April 2020

Managing the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

Most people with dementia develop behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD) at some point during their journey, which can be...

April 2020

The 2019 Annual Report is now available

The bpac^nz Annual Report provides individualised and practice data on pharmaceuticals dispensed in the community for any primary care prescriber registered with us.

April 2020