Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Bronchiectasis" and "Society guideline links: Primary ciliary dyskinesia" and "Society guideline links: Noninvasive ventilation in adults".)

International

●Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Global strategy for asthma management and prevention, update (2020)

●Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020)

Canada

●BC Guidelines: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – Diagnosis and management (2017, revised 2020)

●Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS): Clinical practice guideline on pharmacotherapy in patients with COPD – Update of evidence (2019)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't initiate long-term maintenance inhalers in stable patients with suspected COPD if they have not had confirmation of post-bronchodilator airflow obstruction with spirometry (2019)

●CTS: Quality indicators for pulmonary rehabilitation programs in Canada (2019)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't initiate long-term maintenance treatments (eg, bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids, leukotriene receptor antagonists, or other) in adult patients with suspected COPD/asthma without confirming a diagnosis with objective testing such as spirometry/methacholine challenge (2018)

●CTS: Position statement on pharmacotherapy in patients with COPD – An update (2017)

●American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and CTS: Guideline for the prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD (2015)

United States

●American Thoracic Society (ATS): Clinical practice guideline for long-term noninvasive ventilation in chronic stable hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020)

●ATS: An official workshop report for reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospital readmissions (2019)

●ATS and European Respiratory Society (ERS): Statement on the occupational burden of nonmalignant respiratory diseases (2019)

●ATS: An official workshop report for optimizing home oxygen therapy (2018)

●ERS/ATS: Workshop report on respiratory health effects of household air pollution (2018)

●ERS/ATS: Clinical practice guideline for management of COPD exacerbations (2017)

●ERS/ATS: Clinical practice guideline for prevention of COPD exacerbations (2017)

●United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Lung disease including asthma and adult vaccination (2016)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Recommendation statement on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Screening (2016)

●American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS): Guideline for the prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD (2015)

●ATS/ERS: Policy statement for enhancing implementation, use, and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation (2015)

●ATS/CHEST: An official policy statement on the Choosing Wisely top five list in adult pulmonary medicine (2014)

●ATS/ERS: Official statement on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, update (2014)

●ERS/ATS: Task Force report – An official technical standard on field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease (2014)

●US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA/DoD): Clinical practice guideline for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2014)

●ATS/ERS: An official statement on key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation (2013)

●ATS: An official statement update on the mechanisms, assessment, and management of dyspnea (2012)

Europe

●American Thoracic Society (ATS) and European Respiratory Society (ERS): Statement on the occupational burden of nonmalignant respiratory diseases (2019)

●ERS: Guideline on long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2019)

●ERS: Statement on chest imaging in acute respiratory failure (2019)

●ERS/ATS: Workshop report on respiratory health effects of household air pollution (2018)

●ERS: Statement on the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency (2017)

●ERS/ATS: Clinical practice guideline for management of COPD exacerbations (2017)

●ERS/ATS: Clinical practice guideline for prevention of COPD exacerbations (2017)

●ATS/ERS: Policy statement for enhancing implementation, use, and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation (2015)

●ERS: Task Force report – Statement on smoking cessation in COPD and other pulmonary diseases and in smokers with comorbidities who find it difficult to quit (2015)

●ATS/ERS: Official statement on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, update (2014)

●ERS: Task Force report – An official statement on physical activity in COPD (2014)

●ERS: Task Force report – Statement on nutritional assessment and therapy in COPD (2014)

●ERS/ATS: Task Force report – An official technical standard on field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease (2014)

●ATS/ERS: An official statement on key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation (2013)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s – Diagnosis and management (2018, updated 2019)

●NICE: Guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation) – Antimicrobial prescribing (2018)

●NICE: Quality standard on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (2011, updated 2016)

●British Thoracic Society (BTS): Guidelines for home oxygen use in adults (2015)

●BTS: Quality standards for pulmonary rehabilitation in adults (2014)

●BTS/Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC): Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient (2009)

Australia-New Zealand

●Lung Foundation Australia (LFA) and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSNAZ): The COPD-X plan – Australian and New Zealand guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2019)

●LFA and TSNAZ: Clinical practice guidelines on pulmonary rehabilitation (2017)

●TSNAZ: Clinical guideline on chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children and adults in Australia and New Zealand (2014)

●TSNAZ: Clinical practice guideline on adult domiciliary oxygen therapy (2014)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS): Guide to overlap diagnosis and treatment of asthma and COPD (2018)

●[In Japanese] JRS: Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), 5th edition (2018)

●[In English] JRS: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) guidelines, 2nd revised edition (2015)

●[In Japanese] JRS: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) guidelines, 2nd revised edition (2015)