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Clinical guidelines
Asthma
GINA: pocket guide for asthma management and prevention (2020)
NICE guideline asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (updated 2020)
ERS/ATS guideline: management of severe asthma (updated 2019)
Bronchiectasis
NICE guideline: bronchiectasis (non-cystic fibrosis), acute exacerbation: antimicrobial prescribing (2018)
The Saudi Thoracic Society guideline: diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (2017)
Bronchoscopy
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X concise guide (updated 2020)
GOLD: pocket guide to COPD diagnosis, management and prevention (2020)
NICE guideline: COPD in over 16s: diagnosis and management (2019)
ATS guideline: initiating pharmacologic treatment in tobacco-dependent adults (2020)
ERS guideline: long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of COPD (2019)
Spanish GesEPOC: pharmacological treatment of stable COPD (2017)
Ministry of Health Singapore: COPD clinical practice guidelines (2017)
NHS Derbyshire COPD management (updated 2019)
Ministry of Health British Columbia: COPD diagnosis and management (updated 2020)
Queensland Ambulance Service: COPD clinical practice guidelines (2020)
COVID-19
NICE COVID-19 rapid guideline: interstitial lung disease (2020)
Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 (2021)
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS): COVID-19 guidelines (2020)
Cystic fibrosis
NICE guideline: cystic fibrosis diagnosis and management (2017)
TSANZ: nutrition guideline for cystic fibrosis in Australia and New Zealand (2017)
Government of Western Australia guideline: cystic fibrosis paediatric (2020)
Hypoventilation
Interstitial lung disease
NICE COVID-19 rapid guideline: interstitial lung disease (2020)
ATS guideline: home oxygen therapy for adults with chronic lung disease (2020)
ATS/JRS/ALAT guideline: diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in adults (2020)
ATS guideline: diagnosis and detection of sarcoidosis (2020)
ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT guideline: diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2018)
Japanese guideline for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2018)
Lung cancer & oncologic disorders
ATS guideline: initiating pharmacologic treatment in tobacco-dependent adults (2020)
ATS/STS/STR guideline: management of malignant pleural effusions (2018)
ATS guideline: initiating pharmacologic treatment in tobacco-dependent adults (2020)
ESMO guideline: metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (2018)
ESMO guideline: early-stage and locally advanced (non-metastatic) non-small-cell lung cancer (2017)
Cancer Council Australia guideline: treatment of lung cancer (updated 2021)
College of American Pathologists: molecular testing guideline for the selection of lung cancer patients for treatment with TKI (updated 2018)
ASTRO guideline: radiation therapy for small cell lung cancer (2020)
NCCP guideline: diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with lung cancer (2017)
CHEST guideline and expert panel report: screening for lung cancer (2018)
ASCO guideline: stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer therapy (updated 2020)
NIH National Cancer Institute: non-small cell lung cancer treatment (2020)
NIH National Cancer Institute: small cell lung cancer treatment (2020)
NIH National Cancer Institute: childhood pleuropulmonary blastoma treatment (2020)
NIH National Cancer Institute: childhood tracheobronchial tumors treatment (2020)
NIH National Cancer Institute: lung cancer prevention (2020)
Non-invasive ventilation
ATS guideline: long-term noninvasive ventilation in chronic stable hypercapnic COPD (2020)
ERS/ATS guideline: noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure (2017)
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: new guidelines on noninvasive ventilation (article, 2017)
Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guidelines: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (2020)
German national guideline for treating chronic respiratory failure with invasive and non-invasive ventilation(updated 2017)
Obstructive sleep apnoea
ATS guideline: weight management in the treatment of adult obstructive sleep apnoea (2018)
NICE guideline: hypoglossal nerve stimulation for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea (2017)
American Academy of Sleep Medicine guideline: diagnostic testing for adult obstructive sleep apnea (2017)
Oxygen therapy
ATS guideline: home oxygen therapy for adults with chronic lung disease (2020)
BTS guideline: oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings (2017)
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne: oxygen delivery (nursing) (2017)
BMJ guideline: oxygen therapy for acutely ill medical patients (2018)
Government of Western Australia guideline: oxygen therapy (updated 2020)
Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guideline: long term oxygen therapy (2020)
Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guideline: oxygen therapy (2020)
Pleural effusion and empyema
ATS/STS/STR guideline: management of malignant pleural effusions (2018)
Canadian Paediatric Society: paediatric complicated pneumonia: diagnosis and management of empyema (updated 2018)
Government of Western Australia guideline: pleural empyema (2018)
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery consensus guidelines for the management of empyema (2017)
Pneumonia
ATS/ IDSA guideline: diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia (2019)
NICE guideline: COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community (updated 2020)
NZ Starship: pneumonia (2019)
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne: community-acquired pneumonia (2020)
SA Health: community acquired pneumonia (adults) management (2017)
NSW Health: infants and children: acute management of community acquired pneumonia (2018)
Pneumothorax
SECT: clinical practice guideline on the management of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax (2017)
Victorian Agency for Health Information: clinical guidance on pneumothorax drainage for neonates (2020)
Pulmonary embolism
BTS guideline: outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (2018)
ESC/ ERS guideline: diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism (2019)
Pulmonary hypertension
NICE guideline evidence review: managing pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale (2018)
CHEST guideline: therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults (2019)
TSOC guideline focused update on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (2018)
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne guideline: Peri-operative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension or cardiomyopathy (updated 2021)
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Respiratory failure
education and training
Free resources
Asthma
· National Asthma Council: webinar: thunderstorm asthma - how to identify & manage at-risk patients
· Osmosis: asthma (video, free, login required)
· Asthma Australia: thunderstorm asthma (free, login required)
COPD
· Osmosis: emphysema (video, free, login required)
Cystic fibrosis
· Osmosis: cystic fibrosis (video, free, login required)
· CF Physio: cystic fibrosis an introduction (free, login required)
· CF Physio: airway clearance techniques (free, login required)
· CF Physio: inhalation therapy (free, login required)
· CF Physio: complications in cystic fibrosis (free, login required)
· CF Physio: adherence to physiotherapy (free, login required)
· CF Physio: infection control (free, login required)
· CF Physio: musculoskeletal considerations (free, login required)
Interstitial lung disease
· Osmosis: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: foundations (video, free, login required)
Lung cancer
· The American College of Radiology: lung cancer screening education (updated 2018)
· NSW Health course: Oncology basics
· NSW Health course: Introduction to haematology and blood and marrow transplantation
· NSW Health course: Malnutrition in cancer
· NSW Health course: Effective cultural communication in oncology
· NSW Health course: Radiation oncology
· NSW Health course: Advanced radiation oncology
· NSW Health course: Paediatric nausea and vomiting
· NSW Health course: Primary brain tumour overview
Pneumonia
· Osmosis: pneumonia (video, free, login required)
Pulmonary function testing
· National Asthma Council: spirometry training
Paid or login/ registration required
Databases (respiratory)
· Australian Therapeutic Guidelines: Respiratory (2021)
Asthma
· Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association: asthma fundamentals for primary health care nurses (free for APNA members)
· Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association: what's new in asthma management (free for APNA members)
· ASCIA allergy and anaphylaxis e-training for health professionals
· Asthma Australia: training courses (2021)
Bronchiectasis
· UpToDate: Bronchiectasis in adults: Treatment of acute exacerbations and advanced disease (2020)
· The Pharmaceutical Journal: Bronchiectasis: diagnosis, treatment and management (2017)
· Lung Foundation: bronchiectasis online training
· Osmosis: bronchiectasis: foundations (video)
COPD
· Lung Foundation: about COPD online training
· Lung Foundation: COPD keeping patients out of hospital webinar training
· Lung Foundation: COPD pharmacy online training
· Lung Foundation: COPD pharmacy short course online training
· Lung Foundation: COPD nurse online training
· Lung Foundation: COPD medicines online training
· Lung Foundation: diagnosis of COPD online training
· Lung Foundation: manage exacerbations of COPD online training
· Lung Foundation: prevent deterioration of COPD online training
· Lung Foundation: the respiratory system and COPD online training
Hypoventilation
Interstitial lung disease
· UpToDate: Approach to the adult with interstitial lung disease: clinical evaluation (2019)
Inhaler technique
· Lung Foundation: inhaler device technique online training
Lung cancer & oncologic disorders
· NSW Health course: Best practice management of lung cancer (login required)
· SITC on demand webinar – guideline immunotherapy for the treatment of lymphoma (login required, 2021)
· SITC on demand webinar: guideline immunotherapy for the treatment of acute leukemia (login required, 2021)
· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy multiple myeloma (login required, 2020)
· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy renal cell carcinoma (login required, 2020)
· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (login required, 2020)
· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy non-small cell lung (NSCLC) cancer (login required, 2018)
· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy cutaneous melanoma (login required, 2018)
Non-invasive ventilation
Oxygen therapy
· UpToDate: Long-term supplemental oxygen therapy (2019)
· TSANZ: Acute oxygen online training module (TSANZ members only)
· Osmosis: Respiratory: oxygen therapy (video)
Pleural effusion
· Osmosis: Clinical reasoning: pleural effusion (video)
Pneumothorax
· UpToDate: Treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults (2020)
Pulmonary function testing
· UpToDate: Overview of pulmonary function testing in adults (2020)
· American Association for Respiratory Care: pulmonary function testing
· Asthma Australia: fundamentals in spirometry
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary rehabilitation
· Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation online training
· Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation and physical activity online training
· UpToDate: Pulmonary rehabilitation (2020)
Respiratory failure
· UpToDate: The evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the adult patient with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure(updated 2020)
· Education for Health: online respiratory failure toolkit
Sleep apnoeas
· Osmosis: clinical reasoning: sleep disorders (video)
· UpToDate: Central sleep apnea: treatment (2020)
Other resources
CONDITION SPECIFIC
Lower respiratory tract diseases
Asthma
Severe Asthma Toolkit (2018)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Asthma (report, 2020)
National Asthma Council: Thunderstorm asthma for pharmacists (information paper, 2020)
National Asthma Council: Monoclonal antibody therapy for severe asthma (information paper, 2020)
NICE: Asthma (quality standard, updated 2018)
Australian Government: National asthma strategy (report, 2018)
Bronchiectasis
MJA: Management of bronchiectasis in adults (narrative review, 2018)
MSD Manual: Bronchiectasis (2018)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Bronchiectasis (report, 2020)
Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation toolkit: exercise prescription table
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Australian Asthma Handbook: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma (2020)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (report, 2020)
Australian Government Department of Health: National Strategic Action Plan for Lung Conditions (report, 2019)
Australian Prescriber: Drugs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (article, 2017)
Severe Asthma Toolkit: COPD (updated 2019)
Cystic fibrosis
TSANZ: Work environment risks for health care workers with cystic fibrosis (position paper, 2018)
RACGP: Genomics in general practice: cystic fibrosis (updated 2018)
Lung infections
COVID-19
University of Melbourne: critical care essentials for nurses: assessment and management of acute respiratory failure (COVID-19) (report, 2020)
Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care: COVID-19: Treatment in acute care, including oxygen therapy and medicines to support intubation (position statement, 2020)
Pneumonia
MSD Manual: Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia (updated 2020)
Atypical infections
Respiratory diseases affecting the lung interstitium
Interstitial lung disease
TSANZ/ Lung Foundation: treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (position statement, 2017)
Annals of Pharmacotherapy: management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (article, 2019)
Journal of Clinical Medicine: interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis: a practical approach for general medicine physicians (review, 2018)
Pleural, diaphragm or mediastinal disorders
Pleural effusion and empyema
CMAJ: Evaluation of the patient with pleural effusion (review, 2018)
MSD Manual: Pleural Effusion (2021)
Cancer Council Australia: What is the optimal management of malignant pleural effusions? (2018)
Pneumothorax
MSD Manual: Pneumothorax (2020)
Respiratory failure
Oncologic disorders
Lung cancer & oncologic disorders
ATS: Evaluating molecular biomarkers for the early detection of lung cancer: when is a biomarker ready for clinical use? (policy statement, 2017)
ATS: Incorporating coexisting chronic illness into decisions about patient selection for lung cancer screening(research statement, 2018)
Australian Government Cancer Australia: Investigating symptoms of lung cancer: a guide for all health professionals (updated 2020)
ATS/ ALA: Implementation guide for lung cancer screening (updated 2018)
Pulmonary heart disease or diseases of pulmonary circulation
Pulmonary hypertension
BJA Education: Critical care management of pulmonary hypertension (article, 2017)
Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guidelines: hypoxaemia and pulmonary hypertension (2020)
Pulmonary thromboembolism
RACGP: pulmonary embolism: an update (article, 2017)
Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care: venous thromboembolism prevention clinical care standard (report, 2020)
Sleep-related breathing disorders
Central sleep apnoea
MSD Manual: Central sleep apnea (updated 2020)
Obstructive sleep apnoea
ATS: The Importance of mask selection on continuous positive airway pressure outcomes for obstructive sleep apnea (report, 2020)
ATS: Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (report, 2018)
AJGP: An update on the current management of adult obstructive sleep apnoea (article, 2019)
CMAJ: Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults (article, 2017)
BTS: Driving and obstructive sleep apnoea (position statement, 2018)
Other
Hypoventilation
European Respiratory Review: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (article, 2019)
Inhaler technique
National Asthma Council: Australian asthma handbook: training patients in inhaler technique (2020)
National Asthma Council: Australian asthma handbook: inhaler devices and technique (2020)
National Asthma Council: inhaler Technique for People with Asthma or COPD (information paper, 2018)
National Asthma Council: Inhaler technique checklists (2020)
National Asthma Council: Australian asthma handbook: use and care of spacers (2020)
Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guidelines: inhaler technique and adherence (2020)
National Asthma Council: Asthma & COPD Medications Chart (2020)
Non-invasive ventilation
Oxygen therapy
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation toolkit checklist (2018)
Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guidelines: pulmonary rehabilitation (2020)
The Bronchiectasis Toolbox: Pulmonary rehabilitation for bronchiectasis
TESTING AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
Bronchoscopy
Pulmonary function testing
ATS/ ERS: Standardization of spirometry (updated 2019)
National Asthma Council: Spirometry Quick Reference Guide (2020)
Thoracic imaging