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• Useful Websites

Consultation Documents

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Publications

• Respiratory Knowledge and Skills Framework 2020 (PDF, 2.11MB)
• ERS Position Papers on E-Cigs and Heated Tobacco Products, Education and Balance key to NZ Smokefree 2025 (PDF, 879 KB)
• ERS Position Paper on Heated Tobacco Products (PDF,  1.63MB)
• ERS Position Paper on Tobacco Harm Reduction (PDF,  6.92MB)
• 2015 National Respiratory Strategy - Asthma and Respiratory Foundation (PDF)
• The Impact of Respiratory Disease in NZ Update 2016 (PDF, 3.2MB)

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Useful Websites

COVID-19

• COVID-19 Disease in Children, Starship Hospital

Asthma Guidelines

• NZ Adult and Adolescent Asthma Guidelines - NZ Adolescent and Adult Asthma Guidelines
• NZ Child Asthma Guidelines - NZ Child Asthma Guidelines 
• GINA – diagnosis and treatment of severe asthma - Diagnosis and Management of Difficult-to-treat and Severe Asthma

Bronchiectasis Guidelines

• Bronchiectasis guidelines – Starship Hospital

Chronic Cough

• Chronic cough diagnosis and treatment – Adults and children

• Cough – Starship Hospital

COPD  Guidelines

• New breathlessness guide

• New COPD guidelines

Cystic Fibrosis

• Cystic fibrosis NZ
• Child and Youth Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Network

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
• Resource for patients and health professionals

Lung Cancer

• Nice Guideline 2019
• 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
• 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 or http://www.thoracic.org.au/imagesDB/wysiwyg/OxygenGuidelines_March2014_FINAL.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

• Oxygen therapy - paediatrics

• High flow nasal prong therapy – Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne

• High flow – Starship Hospital

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Australia and New Zealand Pulmonary Rehabilitation guidelines

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, 1.4MB)
• Inhaler Chart (PDF, 415KB)

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