Evidence-based guidelines form the basis of best-practice management of COPD and asthma in primary care.
These links to external websites are provided solely for your convenience and do not indicate any endorsement of these sites or organisations.
As regulations and guidelines can differ from one country to another, please refer to your local prescribing information before initiating any treatments.
Asthma
International
Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): http://www.ginasthma.org/
Bangladesh
will be post soon
Australia
National Asthma Council Australia: http://www.nationalasthma.org.au/
Canada
Canadian Thoracic Society: http://www.respiratoryguidelines.ca/
United Kingdom
British Thoracic Society: http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/library-guidelines.aspx
United States of America
National Institutes of Health: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/
COPD
International
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): http://www.goldcopd.com/
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Guidelines for COPD [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease]
Australia and New Zealand
The Australian Lung Foundation and Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand: http://www.copdx.org.au/
Canada
Canadian Thoracic Society: http://www.respiratoryguidelines.ca/
United Kingdom
British Thoracic Society: http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/library-guidelines.aspx
Allergic rhinitis
International
Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): www.whiar.org
General respiratory
International Primary Care Respiratory Group
Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Respiratory Disease: http://www.theipcrg.org/guidelines/
Spirometry Standards in Primary Care: http://www.theipcrg.org/guidelines/spirometry.php
Resources
We have a number of resources available in the following areas –
Asthma
COPD
Palliative Care for People with COPD
Diagnostics
Health Care Delivery
Infectious Disease
Rhinitis and rhinosinusitis
Smoking Cessation
Guidelines
You will be delighted to learn that the BPCRS Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Primary Care have just been published in the online version of the Primary Care Respiratory Journal.