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Tuesday, 09 February 2010
Interstitial Lung Disease Guideline

 

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

  
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