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: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)
Providing pulmonary services
●International
●Canada
•CTS: Position statement on delivering pulmonary rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
●United States
●United Kingdom
•BTS: Pleural services during the COVID-19 pandemic, revised (2020)
Mask use
●Canada
●United States
Patients with asthma
●International
•Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Interim guidance about COVID-19 and asthma (2020)
•GINA: Recommendations for inhaled asthma controller medications (2020)
•World Allergy Organization (WAO): Acute asthma management during SARS-CoV2-pandemic (2020)
●Canada
•Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on paediatric asthma and COVID-19 (2020)
●United States
●United Kingdom
•Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS): Pragmatic guidance – Diagnosing and managing asthma attacks and people with COPD presenting in crisis during the UK COVID-19 epidemic (2020, updated 2021)
Patients with COPD
●International
•Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): COVID-19 guidance
●United Kingdom
•Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS): Pragmatic guidance – Diagnosing and managing asthma attacks and people with COPD presenting in crisis during the UK COVID-19 epidemic (2020, updated 2021)
Patients with other pulmonary conditions
●Japan
•[In Japanese] Japan Pediatric Society (JPS): Proposal for medical care for children with a home ventilator when new coronavirus infection spreads (2020)
Sleep issues
●Canada
●Europe
●Australia–New Zealand
Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.
●[International] Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Recommendations for inhaled asthma controller medications
●[Canada] Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS): COVID-19 – InfoGraphic guidance for your patients
●[United States] American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM): Coronavirus FAQs – CPAP tips for sleep apnea patients
●[United States] American Thoracic Society (ATS): Patient and family resources on COVID-19
●[United States] Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF): COVID-19 community questions and answers
●[United Kingdom] British Thoracic Society (BTS): COVID-19 – Resources
●[Australia–New Zealand] Australasian Sleep Association (ASA): COVID-19 resources for respiratory and sleep clinicians – Information for patients and the community
●[Australia–New Zealand] Lung Foundation Australia: COVID-19 – What you need to know
UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5th to 6th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)
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