Date last updated 16th Feb 2021

Other resources

Asthma

• Severe Asthma Toolkit (2018)

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Asthma (report, 2020)

• National Asthma Council: Asthma action plans

• National Asthma Council: First aid for asthma chart

• National Asthma Council: Kid’s first aid for asthma chart

• National Asthma Council: Severe asthma checklist

• 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)

Atypical infections

• RACGP: Melioidosis an updated review (2019)

Bronchiectasis

• The Bronchiectasis Toolbox

• Severe Asthma Toolkit: Bronchiectasis (2019)

• 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

• CMAJ: Diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis (2017)

• RACGP: National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people chapter 9 respiratory health, bronchiectasis and chronic suppurative lung disease (2018)

Bronchoscopy

• Severe Asthma Toolkit: Bronchoscopy (2019)

Central sleep apnoea

• MSD Manual: Central sleep apnea (updated 2020)

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)

• Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation toolkit

• Lung Foundation: Stepwise management of stable COPD (2019)

• RACGP: National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people chapter 9 respiratory health, COPD (2018)

• Severe Asthma Toolkit: COPD (updated 2019)

COVID-19

• National COVID-19 clinical evidence taskforce (2021)

• 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)

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)

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: How to videos

• National Asthma Council: Inhaler technique checklists (2020)

• National Asthma Council: Australian asthma handbook: use and care of spacers (2020)

• National Asthma Council: Australian asthma handbook: considerations when using inhaled reliever or preventer medicines (2020)

• National Asthma Council: Australian asthma handbook: choosing an inhaler device to suit the individual (2020)

• Severe Asthma Toolkit: Inhaler Technique (2019)

• Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guidelines: inhaler technique and adherence (2020)

• National Asthma Council: Asthma & COPD Medications Chart (2020)

Interstitial lung disease

• Lung Foundation: Interstitial lung disease toolkit

• Lung Foundation: Childhood interstitial lung disease

• Lung Foundation: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

• TSANZ/ Lung Foundation: treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (position statement, 2017)

• MSD Manual: Overview of interstitial lung disease (2019)

• 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)

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)

• Lung Foundation: Diagnosis lung cancer

• Lung Foundation: Management lung cancer

• 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)

• RACGP: National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people chapter 15 prevention and early detection of cancer (2018)

Non-invasive ventilation 

• BTS: Non-invasive ventilation quality improvement tool

• NICE guidance: Non-invasive ventilation - improving patient experience and outcomes through understanding (INTU) (2018)

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)

• MSD Manual: obstructive sleep apnoea (2020)

• BTS: Driving and obstructive sleep apnoea (position statement, 2018)

Oxygen therapy

• Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation toolkit: use of supplemental oxygen during exercise training

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)

Pneumonia

• MSD Manual: Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia (updated 2020)

Pneumothorax

• MSD Manual: Pneumothorax (2020)

• MSD Manual: Pneumothorax (Tension) (2020)

• NCBI StatPearls: Pneumothorax (2020)

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

• MSD Manual: pulmonary embolism (2018)

• RACGP: pulmonary embolism: an update (article, 2017)

• Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care: venous thromboembolism prevention clinical care standard (report, 2020)

Pulmonary rehabilitation

• Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation toolkit

• Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation toolkit checklist (2018)

• Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation

• Lung Foundation Australia: COPD-X guidelines: pulmonary rehabilitation (2020)

• The Bronchiectasis Toolbox: Pulmonary rehabilitation for bronchiectasis

• MSD Manual: Overview of pulmonary rehabilitation (2020)

Pulmonary function testing

• ATS/ ERS: Standardization of spirometry (updated 2019)

• ATS: Electronic Health Records and Pulmonary Function Data: Developing an Interoperability Roadmap (report, 2021)

• National Asthma Council: The Spirometry Handbook (2020)

• National Asthma Council: Spirometry Quick Reference Guide (2020)

Respiratory failure

• MSD Manual: Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (2020)

Thoracic imaging

• MSD Manual: Chest imaging (2019)

• World Health Organization: Use of chest imaging in COVID-19 (2020)