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OCCUPATIONAL/ ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASES GUIDELINES

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 An Official ATS Statement: Diagnosis and Management of Beryllium Sensitivity and Chronic Beryllium Disease (2014)
·         Full text version
·         Executive summary
American Thoracic Society Statement: Occupational Contribution to the Burden of Airway Disease American Thoracic Society Document 2003
An Offical ATS Workshop Report: Work-related Asthma and Airway Disease, The Fourth Jack Pepys Workshop on Asthma in the Workplace (2013)
An Official ATS Statement Work Exacerbated Asthma (2011)
An Official ATS Workshop Report: Climate Change and Human Health (2012)
Asthma in the Workplace (2009)
Diagnosis and Initial Management of Nonmalignant Diseases Related to Asbestos (2004)
Diagnosis and Initial Management of Nonmalignant Diseases Related to Asbestos American Thoracic Society Document 2004
Evidence based guidelines for the prevention, identification, and management of occupational asthma British Occupational Health Research Foundation Guidelines 2005
Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Asthma Risk at Work, School, and Recreation (2004)
Guidelines for the use of ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses ILO Guidelines 2000
Occupational Asthma - a standard of care BTS March 2008
Occupational Asthma - an update 2012  BTS 2012
Occupational Contribution to the Burden of Airway Disease (2003)
Respiratory Protection Guidelines (1996)
Workshop on Lung Disease and the Environment - Where Do We Go from Here? American Thoracic Society Document 2003
Spirometry in the occupational setting (2014)

·         Online supplement
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CDC issues recommendations on influenza vaccination for 2015-16

Updated recommendations on influenza vaccination for the 2015–16 season have been issued by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. As reported in MMWR, changes from the 2014–15 season include the following:
  • Trivalent vaccines will include A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus, an A/Switzerland/9715293/2013 (H3N2)-like virus, and a B/Phuket/3073/2013-like (Yamagata lineage) virus. These A (H3N2) and B viruses are different from the previous season.
  • The Fluzone Intradermal Quadrivalent vaccine is expected to replace the trivalent Fluzone Intradermal vaccine for adults aged 18 to 64.
  • Children aged 6 months to 8 years who are receiving their first influenza vaccine still need two doses at least 4 weeks apart, but special consideration of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccination is no longer needed, since current vaccines incorporate that viral antigen.
  • Live-attenuated vaccine (previously preferred for children aged 2–8 years) is no longer recommended over inactivated vaccine, because observational studies failed to support the superiority of live-attenuated vaccine seen in randomized trials.


Here is the link to the article published in CDC Click here

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ILD GUIDELINES

By Dr Deepu
An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Guideline: Treatment of IPF (2015)
Executive Summary
Full-length version
Evidence tables
Evidence-to-decision tables
Official ATS/ERS Technical Standards: Field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease (2014)
An Official ATS/ERS Systematic Review: Measurement properties of field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease (2014)
Online supplement
An Official ATS/ACCP Statement: The Choosing Wisely Top 5 List in Adult Pulmonary Medicine (2014)
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Update of the International Multidisciplinary Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (2013)
An Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: The Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cellular Analysis In Interstitial Lung Disease (2012)
An Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: The Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cellular Analysis In Interstitial Lung Disease(2012) - Online Supplement
An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management (2011) Being revised.
NIH/NHLBI Notice re: 3-drug Regimen for IPF (2011)
Statement on Sarcoidosis (1999)
ATS / ERS / WASOG statement on sarcoidosis ERS task force 1999
BTS Interstitial Lung Disease Guideline 2008 BTS
NICE IPF Guideline  NICE 2013
Aide memoire for the first clinic visit in suspected ILD BTS 2008
 Drug induced ILD: classification with examples BTS 2008

Diagnostic algorithm for interstitial lung disease BTS 2008
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INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY GUIDELINES

By Dr Deepu
Official ATS Technical Standards: Flexible airway endoscopy in children (2015)
ERS/ATS statement on interventional pulmonology (2002)
The Use of Topical Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Sedation During Flexible Bronchoscopy in Adult Patients  American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement on   (November 2011)
Prevention of Flexible Bronchoscopy-Associated Infection  American College of Chest Physicians and American Association for Bronchology Consensus Statement:  (September 2005)
British Thoracic Society Guidelines on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy BTS 2001
Bronchoalveolar lavage in children ERS 2000
BTS Advanced Bronchoscopy Guideline BTS 2011
Advanced Diagnostic & Therapeutic Flexible Bronchoscopy 4 BTS 2011        
BTS Advanced Bronchoscopy Guideline  BTS 2011
Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy in Adults Guideline 2013 BTS 2013

 Advanced Diagnostic & Therapeutic Flexible Bronchoscopy - Appendix 4
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ETHICS, HEALTH CARE POLICY AND END OF LIFE CARE GUIDELINES

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An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement: Palliative Care for Patients with Respiratory Diseases and Critical Illnesses (2008)
An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Assessment and Palliative Management of Dyspnea Crisis (2013)
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Policy Statement: Disparities in Respiratory Health (2013)
An Official ATS / ISHLT / SCCM / AOPO / UNOS Policy Statement: Ethical and Policy Considerations in Organ Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (2013)
An Official ATS Policy Statement: Managing Conflict of Interest in Professional Societies (2009)
An Official ATS Workshop Report: Developing Performance Measures from Clinical Practice Guidelines (2014)
An Official ATS Workshop Report:Tobacco Control Initiatives within the American Thoracic Society (2009)
An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Statement: Responding to requests for potentially inappropriate therapies in the ICU (2015)
End-of-life decision-making in respiratory intermediate care units: a European survey ERS Task Force Report 2007
International Health Regulations (2005). Second edition World Health Organization 2008
Pay-for-Performance in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (2010)
Statement on Home Care for Patients with Respiratory Disorders (2005)
The Association between Health Insurance Status and Access, Care Delivery, and Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients (2010)
The Ethical Conduct of Clinical Research Involving Critically Ill Patients in the United States and Canada: Principles and Recommendations (2004)

Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapy (1991) Being revised.
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COPD GUIDELINES

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An Official ATS/ERS Statement: Research questions in COPD (2015)
Official ATS/ERS Technical Standards: Field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease (2014)
An Official ATS/ERS Systematic Review: Measurement properties of field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease (2014)
Online supplement
An Official ATS/ERS Statement: Upper Limb Muscle Dysfunction in COPD (2014)
Full text version
Executive summary
American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Standards for the Diagnosis and Management of Individuals with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (2003) Being Revised.
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Key Concepts and Advances in Pulmonary Rehabilitation (2013)
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Key Concepts and Advances in Pulmonary Rehabilitation (Executive Summary)(2013)
An Official ATS Workshop Report: The Integrated Care of the COPD Patient (2012)
An Official ATS/ACCP Statement: The Choosing Wisely Top 5 List in Adult Pulmonary Medicine (2014)
COPD Guideline NICE COPD Guidelines 2010
COPD Guidelines (2004)
Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society (2011)
Diagnosis and Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society (2011) - A summary of recommendations
Executive Summary: Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD: American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline (April 2015)
Novel Risk Factors and the Global Burden of COPD (2010)
Outcomes for COPD pharmacological trials: from lung function to biomarkers (2008)
Outcomes for COPD pharmacological trials: from lung function to Biomarkers  ATS / ERS Task Force 2008
Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD: American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline (April 2015)
Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD ATS / ERS Task Force 2004
Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper (2004)
Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper ATS / ERS Task Force 2004
Update on the Mechanisms, Assessment, and Management of Dyspnea (2012)





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ASTHMA GUIDELINES

By Dr Deepu
Official European Respiratory Society / American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Definition, Evaluation, and Treatment of Severe Asthma: An Executive Summary (2014)
Full-length Version
Online Appendix 1
Online Appendix 2
Online Appendix 3
An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction (2013)
An Official American Thoracic Society/ European Respiratory Society Statement: Asthma Control and Exacerbations - Standardizing Endpoints for Clinical Asthma Trials and Clinical Practice (2009)
An Official American Thoracic Workshop Report: Obesity and Asthma (2010)
An Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: Interpretation of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels (FENO) for Clinical Applications (2011)
Asthma Guideline BTS
ATS Workshop Proceedings: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolism in Exhaled Breath Condensate (2006)
ATS Workshop Proceedings: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolism in Exhaled Breath Condensate - Excecutive Summary (2006)
ATS/ERS Recommendations for Standardized Procedures for the Online and Offline Measurement of Exhaled Lower Respiratory Nitric Oxide and Nasal Nitric Oxide, 2005 (2005)
BTS/SIGN Asthma Guideline 2014  BTS/SIGN British Guideline on the Management of Asthma, October 2014
BTS/SIGN Asthma Guideline Quick Reference Guide 2014
Device Selection and Outcomes of Aerosol Therapy: Evidence-Based Guidelines: American College of Chest Physicians/American College of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology (January 2005)
Diagnosis and Management of Work-Related Asthma: ACCP Consensus Statement (September 2008)
GINA Report, Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention: Updated 2014 gina 2014
Guidelines for the management of work-related asthma ERS task Force Report 2012Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 529-545
Joint Task Force Report: Supplemental Recommendations for the Management and Follow-up of Asthma Exacerbations (2009)

Monitoring asthma in children  ERS statement 2015 Eur Respir J 2015; 45: 906–925
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NATIONAL AND STATE RESOURCES

Important Resources:

American Lung Association

American Thoracic Society

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

National Institutes of Health

National Organization for Rare Disorders

Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network

Rare Lung Diseases Consortium (RLDC)

Office of Rare Diseases

National Home Oxygen Patient's Association		Web Site:

http://www.lungusa.org

http://www.thoracic.org

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

http://www.nih.gov

http://www.rarediseases.org

http://rarediseasesnetwork.epi.usf.edu/

http://rarediseasesnetwork.epi.usf.edu/rldc/index.htm

http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov

http://www.homeoxygen.org


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PNEUMONIA

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SLEEP DISORDERS

SLEEP DISORDERS

1.Clinical  guidelines for evaluation, management and long term care of obstructive sleep apnead in adults – American association of sleep medicine
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ASTHMA

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COPD

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