CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

• WHO: Diagnosis and severity classification of COPD - http://www.who.int/respiratory/copd/diagnosis/en/

• WHO: COPD Review - http://www.who.int/respiratory/copd/en/

• UK NICE Guideline on management of COPD in adults in primary and secondary care - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=5061&nbr=003545&string=''chronic+AND+obstructive+AND+pulmonary+AND+disease''

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic373.htm

• Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI): COPD Guidelines - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=8509&nbr=004744&string=''chronic+AND+obstructive+AND+pulmonary+AND+disease''

• American College of Chest Physicians: Evidence base for management of acute exacerbations of COPD - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=2762&nbr=001988&string=''chronic+AND+obstructive+AND+pulmonary+AND+disease''

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: from emergency medicine perspective - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic99.htm

• Chronic Bronchitis Review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic367.htm

• Emphysema Review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic654.htm

• Finnish Medical Society: COPD: Evidence-based guidelines - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=8810&nbr=004856&string=''chronic+AND+obstructive+AND+pulmonary+AND+disease''

• AARC: Clinical Practice Guideline Postural Drainage Therapy - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/pdtcpg.html

Genetics of COPD:

• Genetics of COPD: present and future - http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/18/5/741

• Genetic association between COPD and polymorphisms in TNF, ADRB2 and EPHX1 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/27/4/682

• Genetic Epidemiology of COPD - http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/121/3_suppl/1S-a

Measures:

Lab Studies:

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Complete Blood Count - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cbc/glance.html

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: White Blood Cell Differential Count - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/differential/glance.html

• Medline Plus: Absolute Eosinophil count - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003649.htm

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Hematocrit (Packed Cell Volume - PCV) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hematocrit/glance.html

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Electrolyte Panel - http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/electrolytes/test.html

Additional Lab Tests that may be required:

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin - http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/alpha1_antitrypsin/test.html

• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia: Alpha-1-antitrypsin - serum - http://www.rcpamanual.edu.au/sections/pathologytest.asp?s=33&i=371

• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia: Alpha-1-antitrypsin - faeces - http://www.rcpamanual.edu.au/sections/pathologytest.asp?s=33&i=372

• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia: Blood Culture - http://www.rcpamanual.edu.au/sections/pathologytest.asp?s=33&i=134

• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia: Throat Swab - http://www.rcpamanual.edu.au/sections/pathologytest.asp?s=33&i=167

• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia: Influenza virus antibodies - http://www.rcpamanual.edu.au/sections/pathologytest.asp?s=33&i=140

Arterial Blood Gases (ABG's):

• AARC: Clinical Practice Guideline Sampling for Arterial Blood Gas Analysis - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/sabgacpg.html

• AARC: Clinical Practice Guideline: Blood Gas Analysis and Hemoximetry - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/bgacpg-update.html

• AARC: Clinical Practice Guideline: Capillary Blood Gas Sampling for Neonatal & Paediatric Patients - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/cbgscpg.html

• Medline Plus: ABG's - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003855.htm

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Arterial Blood Gases - http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/blood_gases/glance.html

Pulse Oximetry:

• AARC (American Association for Respiratory Care): Pulse Oximetry: Clinical Practice Guideline - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/pulsecpg.html

• AARC: Clinical Practice Guideline Transcutaneous Blood Gas Monitoring for Neonatal & Paediatric Patients - http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/09.04/09.04.1069.asp

Sputum: microscopy and culture:

• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia: Sputum microscopy and culture - http://www.rcpamanual.edu.au/sections/pathologytest.asp?s=33&i=161

• ERS: Standardised methodology of sputum induction and processing - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=7578

• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Paediatric and Adult Chest Radiography - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12194&CID=545&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF

• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Paediatric and Adult Bedside Chest Radiography (Portable Chest Radiography) - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12187&CID=545&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF

CT Scan:

• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Paediatric and Adult Thoracic Computed Tomography (CT) - http://www.acr.org/s_acr/bin.asp?TrackID=&SID=1&DID=12199&CID=545&VID=2&DOC=File.PDF

Pulmonary Function Testing:

• Pulmonary Function Testing: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2972.htm

• ATS/ERS TASK FORCE: Exhaled breath condensate: Methodological recommendations and unresolved questions - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=10392

• ATS/ERS Task Force: Standardisation of lung function testing - Interpretative strategies for lung function tests - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=12100

• ATS/ERS Task Force: Standardisation of lung function testing - Standardisation of the measurement of lung volumes - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=10390

• ATS/ERS Task Force: Standardisation of lung function testing - Standardisation of spirometry - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=10288

• ATS/ERS Task Force: Standardisation of lung function testing - General considerations for lung function testing - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=10205

• ATS/ERS Recommendations for Standardized Procedures for the Online and Offline Measurement of Exhaled Lower Respiratory Nitric Oxide and Nasal Nitric Oxide, 2005 - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=9626

• ERS: Indirect airway challenges - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=9227

• ERS: Tidal forced expirations - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=9298

• ERS: Reference values for residual volume, functional residual capacity and total lung capacity - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=9290

Infant Pulmonary Function Testing:

• ERS: Specifications for signal processing and data handling used for infant pulmonary function testing - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=9296

• ERS: Specifications for equipment used for infant pulmonary function testing - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=9308

• ERS: Tidal breath analysis for infant pulmonary function testing - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=7573

• AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Infant/Toddler Pulmonary Function Tests - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/itpftcpg.html

Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy:

• British Thoracic Society Guideline on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy - http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/iqs/dlsfa.view/dldbitemid.259/dlcpti.121/page249.html

• Flexible endoscopy of paediatric airways - http://www.ersnet.org/ers/lr/browse/viewPDF.aspx?id_attach=7563

• Medline Plus: Bronchoscopy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003857.htm

• AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Assisting - http://www.rcjournal.com/online_resources/cpgs/fbacpg.html

Prevention and Control:

• WHO: Prevention and Control of Chronic Respiratory Diseases at Country Level: Towards a Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) - http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2005/WHO_NMH_CHP_CPM_CRA_05.1.pdf

• WHO: Prevention and Control of Chronic Respiratory Disease in low and middle-income African countries: a preliminary report - http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2003/WHO_NMH_CRA_04.1.pdf

Document Provenance and History

Document Author: Dr. Fazal Danish

Document Created: 8th May 2006

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