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BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children: Update 2011
The 2011 Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children were published in the October 2011 issue of Thorax and are available to download:

Guideline
Appendix 1
Appendix 2

A summary article about the BTS Guidelines was also published in the October 2011 issue of Thorax and is available here.

September 2011 
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BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: 2009 Update 
The 2009 Update of the Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults is published in the October 2009 issue of Thorax and is available to download here

Guidelines for the management for community acquired pneumonia in adults: Update 2009.  A Quick Reference Guide, can be downloaded here.

A primary care summary of the Guidelines has been published in the Primary Care Respiratory Journal and is available here.

February 2010


Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults - SUPERCEDED

2001 Guidelines (pdf) Thorax 2001; 56: (suppl IV)

A 2004 Pneumonia Guidelines update document has been produced by BTS as part of the commitment to provide interim guidelines reviews between major rewrites. It can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on the link below and should be read in conjunction with the full 2001 guidelines document. This edition of the 2001 guidelines document has been annotated to show exactly where changes or additions have been made - when downloading this document, please ensure that you choose the 'print with comments' option.

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Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults 2004 Update - SUPERCEDED

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Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Childhood - SUPERCEDED
British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee - Thorax 2002; 57: (Suppl I)

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