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BTS Guidelines are available from the links below. Information about the BTS Guideline Production process and resources for Guideline Groups are available on in the Guideline Development Centre.

The BTS Guideline Production Manual (2011), which outlines the Society's policies and processes in relation to the preparation of BTS Guidelines is available here.

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BTS Guidelines

Guideline title	Publication date	Due for review	Status
Managing passengers with respiratory disease planning air travel	2011	2014	VALID
British Guideline on the management of asthma	2011	2013	VALID
Standards of care for occupational asthma	2008, 2011	2014	VALID
Guidelines for non-CF bronchiectasis	2010	2011	VALID - work on an update will begin in 2012
Guidelines on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy	2001	2008	VALID - update due for publication 2012
Guideline for advanced diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy in adults	2011	2014	VALID
Guidelines for the management of COPD	1997	n/a	SUPERSEDED by NICE COPD Guideline (2010)
Recommendations for the management of cough in adults	2007	2011	VALID
Recommendations for the assessment and management of cough in children	2008	2012	VALID
Guidance on the D-Dimer test	2006	N/A
Guidelines on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diffuse parenchymal lung disease in adults	1999	n/a	SUPERSEDED - see ILD below
Guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving	2003	2012	VALID - reviewed in 2010
Guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients	2008	2011	VALID - update due for publication in 2013
Guideline for home oxygen in adults	In preparation	-	Guideline in preparation -publication due for 2013/14
Guideline for home oxygen in children	2009	2012	VALID
Intermediate care - Hospital at Home in COPD: Guideline	2007	2011	VALID
Pandemic flu: clinical management of patients with an influenza-like illness during an influenza pandemic	2007	2011	VALID
Interstitial lung disease guideline	2008	2011	VALID Please see additional guidance here. The NICE Guideline on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis will be published in 2013.
Recommendations to respiratory physicians for organising the care of patients with lung cancer	1998	n/a	SUPERSEDED by NICE Lung Cancer Guideline
Guideline for the selection of patients with lung cancer for surgery	2001	n/a	SUPERCEDED
Guideline for the radical management of patients with lung cancer	2010	2013	VALID
Statement on malignant mesothelioma	2007	2011	VALID
Guidelines on current best practice for nebuliser treatment	1997	n/a	SUPERSEDED - by more recent publications including the ERS Guideline on the use of nebulisers (2001)
Guidelines for the respiratory management of children with neuromuscular weakness	In preparation	-	Due for publication 2012
Non-invasive ventilation in COPD: management of acute type 2 respiratory failure	2008	2011	VALID
Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure	2002	2010	VALID - see below
Guidelines for the ventilatory management of hypercapnic respiratory failure	In preparation	-	Due for publication 2012/13
Management of opportunist Mycobacterial infections	2000	2010	VALID - work will begin on an udpated Guideline in 2012
Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient	2009	2012	VALID
Guidelines for the management of pleural disease	2010	2013	VALID
Guidelines for the management of pleural infection in children	2005	2011	VALID - reviewed in 2008
Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults	2009	2012	VALID
Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in children	2011	2014	VALID
Guidelines for the management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism	2003	2010	VALID- BTS does not intend to produce a revision of the 2003 guidelines as a NICE guideline on venous thromboembolic diseases is in preparation.
Statement on pulmonary rehabilitation	2001	2010	VALID - Updated guideline due for publication 2012/13
Radiologically Guided Lung Biopsy Guideline	2003	2013	VALID - reviewed 2011
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Guideline	2004	2011	VALID
Respiratory Tract Infections	2008	2012	Published by NICE
Management of obstructive sleep apnoea	2003	N/A	Published by SIGN
Statement on criteria for specialist referral, admission, discharge and follow up for patients with respiratory disease	2008	2012	VALID
Recommendations for assessing risk and for managing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in patients due to start anti-TNF α treatment	2005	2010	VALID
Control and prevention of Tuberculosis in the UK	2000	n/a	SUPERSEDED - by NICE Tuberculosis Guideline
Prevention and management of tuberculosis in patients with renal disease	2010	2013	VALID

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