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: Chronic cough in children" and "Society guideline links: Asthma in children" and "Society guideline links: Asthma in adolescents and adults".)
International
●Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Global strategy for asthma management and prevention, update (2020)
Canada
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic cough (2021)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report on cough due to TB and other chronic infections (2018)
●CHEST: Expert panel report on cough in ambulatory immunocompromised adults (2017)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report on cough in the athlete (2017)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report on chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux in adults (2016)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report on treatment of unexplained chronic cough (2016)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report on tools for assessing outcomes in studies of chronic cough (2015)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report on anatomy and neurophysiology of cough (2014)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report on overview to the management of cough (2014)
Europe
●ERS: Expert opinion on the cough hypersensitivity syndrome in respiratory medicine (2014)
●ERS: Guidelines on the assessment of cough (2007)
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: Quality standard on asthma (2013, updated 2018)
●NICE: Quality standard on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (2011, updated 2016)
Australia-New Zealand