OCCUPATIONAL/ ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASES GUIDELINES

By Dr Deepu

 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)

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Lung Transplantation and Surgery Guidelines

By Dr Deepu

• Official ATS/ERS/ISHLT Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (2014)
  • Online Supplement 1
  • Online Supplement 2
• International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates (1998)

Lung Cancer & Oncologic Disorders Guidelines

By Dr Deepu

• An ATS/ACCP Policy Statement: Components necessary for lung cancer screening (2014)
• An Official ATS/ACCP Statement: The Choosing Wisely Top 5 List in Adult Pulmonary Medicine (2014)
• An Official ATS/ERS Statement: The Role of the Pulmonologist in Lung Cancer (2013)
• International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma (2011)
• An Official ATS Research Statement Noninfectious Lung Injury After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome (2011)
• Insurance Status and Disparities in Lung Cancer Practices and Outcomes (2010)
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Pediatrics Lung Diseases and Development Guidelines

By Dr Deepu

• Official ATS Technical Standards: Flexible airway endoscopy in children (2015)
• An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Classification, Evaluation, and Management of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in Infancy (2013)
• An Official ATS Workshop Report: Optimal Lung Function Tests for Monitoring Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, and Recurrent Wheezing in Children Less Than 6 Years of Age (2013)
• An Official ATS Clinical Policy Statement: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome - Genetic Basis, Diagnosis, and Management (2010)
• An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Pulmonary Function Testing in Preschool Children (2007)
• An Official ATS Workshop Report: Issues in Screening for Asthma in Children (2007)
• ATS Consensus Statement: Research Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Pulmonology (2005)
• ATS/ERS Statement: Raised Volume Forced Expirations in Infants - Guidelines for Current Practice (2005)
• Mechanisms and Limits of Induced Postnatal Lung Growth (2004)
• Respiratory Care of the Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: ATS Consensus Statement (2004)
• Statement on the Care of the Child with Chronic Lung Disease of Infancy and Childhood (2003)
• Care of the Child with a Chronic Tracheostomy (2000)
• The Raised Volume Rapid Thoracoabdominal Compression Technique (2000)
• Flexible Endoscopy of the Pediatric Airway (1992) Being revised.

Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, and Other Pulmonary Infection Guidelines

By Dr Deepu

• An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report Emerging Issues and Current Controversies in HIV Associated Pulmonary Diseases (2011)
• Treatment of Fungal Infections in Adult Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (2011)
• An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases (2007) Being Revised.
• An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases - Online Supplement (2007)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (2007) Being revised.
• An Official ATS Statement: Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy (2006)
• Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired, Ventilator-associated, and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia (2005) Being revised.
• An Official ATS Workshop Summary: Recent Advances and Future Directions in Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) (2006)
• ATS/CDC/IDSA Statement: Treatment of Tuberculosis (2003) Being revised.
• Update: Fatal and Severe Liver Injuries Associated With Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Latent Tuberculosis Infection, and Revisions in American Thoracic Society/ CDC Recommendations-United States, 2001 (2001)
• Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (2000) Being revised.