Respirology
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Specific Conditions
Asthma
Canadian Guidelines:
- Canadian Thoracic Society: Diagnosis and Managment of Asthma in Preschoolers, Children and Adults (2012)(under review)
- Canadian Thoracic Society & Canadian Paediatric Society: Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Preschoolers (2015)
Other Guidelines:
- Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention (2020)
- NICE Pathway: Asthma (UK, 2013)
- American Thoracic Society: Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (US, 2014)
- Royal College of Physicians: Concise Guidance: Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Occupational Asthma (UK, 2012)
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (US, 2007)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Canadian Guidelines:
- Canadian Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: on Pharmacotherapy in Patients with COPD (2019)
- Canadian Thoracic Society: Managing Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced COPD (2011)
- Canadian Thoracic Society: Recommendations for Management of COPD (2007)
- Canadian Thoracic Society & American College of Chest Physicians: Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD (2015)
Other Guidelines:
- Global Initiative For Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): Global Strategy for Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD (2020)
- NICE Pathway: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (UK, 2013)
- COPD Foundation: Guide for Diagnosis and Management of COPD (US, 2013)
- American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society,& European Respiratory Society: A Unified Front Against COPD: Clinical Practice Guidelines (US, 2011)
- NICE Clinical Guideline: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (UK, 2019)
Pneumonia
Canadian Guidelines:
- Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada:Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Adults (2008)
- Canadian Thoracic Society & Canadian Infectious Diseases Society:Management of Community–acquired Pneumonia: An evidence–based Update (2000)
Other Guidelines:
- British Thoracic Society: Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children (UK, 2011)
- European Respiratory Society & European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: Guidelines for the Management of Adult Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (Eu, 2011)
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society & Infectious Diseases Society of America: Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older than 3 Months of Age (US, 2011)
- British Thoracic Society: Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (UK, 2009)
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America (US, 2019)
- Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society (US, 2016)
Rhinitis & Sinusitis
Canadian Guidelines:
Pharmacist Minor Ailment Prescribing Guidelines:
Other Guidelines:
- American Academy of Otolaryngology: Allergic Rhinitis (US, 2015)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Pediatrics (US, 2013)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Diagnosis and Management of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in Children Aged 1 to 18 Years (US, 2013)
- Infectious Diseases Society of America: Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Children and Adults (US, 2017)
- British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology: Management of Allergic and Non-allergic Rhinitis (UK, 2010)
- ARIA & WHO: Allergic Rhinitis and it's Impact on Asthma: An Update (Int'l, 2008 & 2010)
- NICE Guideline: Respiratory Tract Infections – Antibiotic Prescribing (UK, 2008)
Published: 01 Jun 2015
Revised: 29 Feb 2020