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Guidance

Guidance and standards in respiratory for health and care professionals.

Guidance

  • Aspiration pneumonia British Thoracic Society: Diagnosis and management of aspiration pneumonia

    Organisation: British Thoracic Society
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: March 2023
    Description: Practical clinical guidance on aspiration pneumonia (AP), covering the epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention, diagnosis and management (including palliative care considerations where appropriate.

  • Diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia in people with learning disability

    Organisation: British Thoracic Society
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: N/A
    Description: Clinical recommendations and pragmatic guidance on the risk assessment, prevention and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in people with a learning disability.

  • NICE: Asthma

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: March 2021
    Description: Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management

  • NICE: Bronichiectasis

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: Dec 2018
    Description: Bronchiectasis (non-cystic fibrosis), acute exacerbation: antimicrobial prescribing

  • NICE: COPD

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: July 2019
    Description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management

  • NICE: Lung Cancer

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: Sep 2022
    Description: Lung cancer: diagnosis and management

  • NICE: Obstructive sleep apnoea/ hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s

    Organisation: NICE
    Type: Guidance (General) for healthcare professionals including dentists, commissioniners and providers, families/carers.
    Date published: August 2021
    Description: The guideline covers the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea/ hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with OSAHS (COPD–OSAHS overlap syndrome) in people over 16

  • NICE: Pneumonia in Adults

    Organisation: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: July 2022
    Description: Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

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