The BTS Interstitial Lung Disease Guideline was published in the September 2008 issue of Thorax and is available to download here.
The appendices to the 2008 Guideline are available to download from the links below: Appendix 1: Aide memoire for the first clinic visit in suspected ILD Appendix 2: Drug induced ILD: classification with examples Appendix 3:Diagnostic algorithm for interstitial lung disease Appendix 4: Management algorithm for interstitial lung disease with acute respiratory failure Appendix 5: Notes on Cyclophosphamide Therapy in ILD Appendix 6: Patient Information for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Appendix 7: Patient Information for Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP) Appendix 8: Patient Information for Sarcoidosis Appendix 9: Corticosteroids for Lung Disease – Patient Information Sheet Appendix 10: Cyclophosphamide – Patient Information Sheet Appendix 11: Azathioprine for Lung Disease– Patient Information Sheet
The Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases in Adults The Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease Group of the British Thoracic Society. Thorax, 1999: 54; (Suppl I) Download the Guideline here