Guidelines

Air Travel
BTS Air Travel Recommendations
BTS Patient Information Air Travel

Asthma
BTS_SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma 2019
BTS_SIGN Asthma Guideline Quick Reference Guide 2019
NICE Asthma Guideline

Bronchiectasis
BTS Guideline for Bronchiectasis in Adults
BTS Guideline for Long Term Macrolide Use

Bronchiolitis in Children
Bronchiolitis in Children: diagnosis and management

Cough
Acute cough – Antimicrobial prescribing

COPD
NICE COPD Guideline – Interactive Flowchart
NICE COPD Guideline – Full

Interstitial Lung Disease
BTS Interstitial Lung Disease Guideline

Lung Cancer
NICE Lung Cancer Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management
IASLC 8th Edition Staging Lung Cancer
BTS Guidelines on the Radical Management of Patients with Lung Cancer

Lung Transplantation
Lung Transplantation Selection Criteria

Mesothelioma
BTS Mesothelioma Guideline
BTS Guideline for the Investigation and Management of Pleural Mesothelioma
BTS Guideline for the investigation of management of mesothelioma – Summary of recommendations
Current Mesothelioma Trials (from Mesothelioma UK)
Patient Information: Mesothelioma UK
Patient Information: HASAG (Mesothelioma support)

NIV
BTS/ICS Guideline for the Ventilatory Management of Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in Adults
BTS NIV Quick Reference Guide

NTM
BTS NTM Guideline – Summary of Recommendations
BTS Guideline for the Management of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease

Oxygen
BTS Guidelines for Home Oxygen Use in Adults
BTS Guideline for oxygen use in healthcare and emergency settings

Pleural Disease
BTS Pleural Disease Guideline

Pneumonia
Annotated BTS CAP Guideline Summary of RecommendationsBTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults_ 2009 UpdateQuick Reference Guide – BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

Pulmonary Hypertension
ESC Pulmonary Hypertension Guidelines

Pulmonary Embolism
BTS Quality Standards for the Outpatient Management of Pulmonary Embolism

ESC PE guidelines 2019

NICE VTE Guidelines 2020

Pulmonary Nodules
BTS Guidelines for the Investigation and Management of Pulmonary Nodules
BTS Pulmonary Nodule Risk Calculator

Sleep 
Initiation of NIV for sleep related hypoventilation disorders

Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation Guidelines – NICE
Stop Smoking Interventions and Services – NICE

Thymoma
Thymic Epithelial Tumours

Tuberculosis
NICE Tuberculosis Guideline
BTS Clinical Statement on the Management of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB)

NICE guidance recommending LVRS and valves

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