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The Impact of Respiratory Disease in NZ Update 2016 (PDF, 132 pages, 3221KB)
Asthma Guidelines
NZ asthma guidelines - NZAsthmaGuidelines.co.nz The Global Initiative for Asthma - www.ginasthma.com The Australian Asthma Handbook - www.asthmahandbook.org.au
Bronchiectasis Guidelines British Guideline for non-CF Bronchiectasis, 2010 https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/clinical-information/bronchiectasis/bts-guidelinefor-non-cf-bronchiectasis/
Guideline for Chronic Supperative Lung Disease and Bronchiectasis in Children and Adults in Australia and New Zealand, 2014 http://www.thoracic.org.au/imagesDB/wysiwyg/BEposstatement_2014_revised_TSANZ_website_v3_wr FINAL.pdf
Chronic Cough Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis and Assessment. Australian cough guidelines summary statement., 2010 https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2010/192/5/cicada-cough-children-and-adults-diagnosis-andassessment-australian-cough Recommendations for the Management of Cough in Adults, 2006 http://thorax.bmj.com/content/61/suppl_1/i
COPD Guidelines COPDX - www.copdx.org.au Global initiative on chronic obstructive lung disease http://goldcopd.org/
Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis NZ http://cfnz.org.nz/
Interstitial Lung Disease
BTS guideline 2008 https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/standards-of-care/guidelines/bts-guideline-for-interstitial-lung-disease-guideline/
ERS Whitebook http://www.erswhitebook.org/chapters/interstitial-lung-diseases/
Nice Guideline 2013 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg163
Lung Cancer
Nice Guideline 2011 https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/standards-of-care/guidelines/nice-guideline-lung-cancer-diagnosis-and-management/
NZ standards for provision of care for lung Cancer http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/standards-service-provision-lung-cancer-patients-new-zealand
Obstructive sleep apnoea
British guideline http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/215/diagnosis/guidelines.html
Oxygen Adult Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy - Clinical Practice Guideline, 2014 http://www.thoracic.org.au/imagesDB/wysiwyg/OxygenGuidelines_March2014_FINAL.pdf Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Oxygen Guidelines for Acute Oxygen Use in Adults: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/resp.12620/pdf Clinical use of pulse oximetry: http://www.thoracic.org.au/clinical-documents/command/download_file/id/34/filename/Pretto_et_al- 2014-Respirology.pdf
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Australia and New Zealand Pulmonary Rehabilitation guidelines
https://lungfoundation.com.au/health-professionals/guidelines/the-australia-and-new-zealand-pulmonary-rehabilitation-guidelines/?doing_wp_cron=1510395337.7690520286560058593750
Respiratory websites The Thoracic Society of Australia and NZ - www.thoracic.org.au The British Thoracic Society - www.brit-thoracic.org.uk NICE Guidelines - www.nice.org.uk
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) http://www.ersnet.org/
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) http://www.thoracic.org/
Smoking Cessation
Smokefree - http://smokefree.org.nz/quitting
Smokefree nurses - http://www.smokefreenurses.org.nz/
Champix - http://www.champix.co.nz/
Quitline - http://www.quit.org.nz/
NZ smoking cessation guidlelines - http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/new-zealand-guidelines-helping-people-stop-smoking
Vaping https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/pages/electronic-cigarettes-information-health-care-workers-oct16v2.pdf
E cigarettes http://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventative-health-wellness/tobacco-control/e-cigarettes
Spirometry
Training and tools https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/health-professionals/spirometry-training-and-tools
Spirometry in practice https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/delivery-of-respiratory-care/spirometry/spirometry-in-practice-a-practical-guide-(2005)/
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Guidelines for Tuberculosis control in New Zealand 2010 www.health.govt.nz/publications/guidelines-tuberculosis-control-new-zealand-2010
Public Offices/Charities
Asthma and respiratory foundation http://asthmafoundation.org.nz/ The Department of Health - http://www.health.govt.nz/ Cochrane NZ - http://nz.cochrane.org/ Asthma New Zealand - http://www.asthma.org.nz/ Heath Navigator –https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz Lung foundation Australia http://lungfoundation.com.au/ Lung foundation NZ https://lungfoundation.org.nz/ National asthma council (Australia) https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/
Further Reading
BMJ - http://bmj.bmjjournals.com
Thorax - www.thorax.bmjjournals.com
Chest Journal - www.chestjournal.org
Best Practice advocacy centre - www.bpac.org.nz
Research review - www.researchreview.co.nz
Advance Care Planning http://www.advancecareplanning.org.nz/
Palliative care handbook http://www.hospice.org.nz/cms_show_download.php?id=377
Further websites can also be found at the back of the knowledge and skills framework
Inhaler resources
Funded Inhalers in New Zealand 2016 (PDF, 1 Page, 1423KB)