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Guideline title Publication date Due for review Status
Managing passengers with respiratory disease planning air travel 2004 2009/10 VALID - update due for publication 2010
British Guideline on the management of asthma  2009  2010 VALID
Standards of care for occupational asthma  2008  2011 VALID
Guidelines for non-CF bronchiectasis 2010 2011 VALID
Guidelines on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy  2001  2008 VALID - update due for publication 2010
Guidelines for the management of COPD 1997 n/a SUPERSEDED by NICE COPD Guideline (2010)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
Guidelines on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diffuse parenchymal lung disease in adults  1999  n/a SUPERSEDED - see ILD below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
Guideline for home oxygen in adults In preparation - Due for publication 2010/11
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
Recommendations to respiratory physicians for organising the care of patients with lung cancer 1998 n/a SUPERSEDED by NICE Lung Cancer Guideline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 2009 VALID - update due for publication 2010
Statement on malignant mesothelioma 2007 2011 VALID
Guidelines on current best practice for nebuliser treatment  1997  2010 SUPERSEDED - by more recent publications including the ERS Guideline on the use of nebulisers (2001)
Guidelines for the respiratory management of children with neuromuscular disease 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 2011/12
Management of opportunist Mycobacterial infections  2000  2010  VALID - under review
Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient  2009 2012   VALID
Guidelines for the management of pleural disease 2003 2009 VALID - update due for publication 2010
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 2002 2009 VALID - update due for publication 2010/2011
Guidelines for the management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism  2003  2010  VALID
Statement on pulmonary rehabilitation  2001  2010  VALID - under review
Radiologically Guided Lung Biopsy Guideline 2003 2010 VALID - under review
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Guideline  2004  2011  VALID
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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