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Catalogue of Guidelines

Airway Management

• Management of Airway Emergencies — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Removal of the Endotracheal Tube 2007 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Management of the Difficult Airway — Practice Guideline, American Society of Anesthesiologists

• Adjuncts for Airway Control and Ventilation — American Heart Association

Anesthesia

• Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia — Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society 2008

Asthma

• 2010 CTS Guideline - Asthma Management Continuum – Consensus Summary for children six years of age and over, and adults
  
  
• 2010 CTS Commentary on Long-acting beta-2 agonist use for Asthma in Canada
  
  
• Guidelines for occupational asthma — Canadian Thoracic Society 1998
  
  
• Adult asthma consensus guidelines — Canadian Thoracic Society 2003
  
  
• Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines
  
  
• Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma — National Institutes of Health. US Department of Health - 2007
  
  
• Canadian Pediatric Asthma Consensus Guidelines — 2003 (updated to December 2004)

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Blood Gas Analysis

• Blood Gas Analysis and Hemoximetry 2001 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Sampling for Arterial Blood Gas Analysis — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

Blood Vessel Cannulation

• Radial & Femoral Artery Cannulation — Clinical Best Practice Guideline, College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario 2008

• Umbilical Artery & Vein Cannulation — Clinical Best Practice Guideline, College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario 2008

• Peripheral & Femoral Vein Cannulation — Clinical Best Practice Guideline, College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario 2008

• Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002

Bronchoscopy

• Bronchoscopy Assisting — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

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Chest Tube/Needle Insertion

• Chest Tube & Needle Insertion — Clinical Best Practice Guideline, College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario 2009

Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Summary of Canadian Guidelines for the Initial Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia: An evidence-based update by the Canadian Infectious Diseases Society and the Canadian Thoracic Society 2000
  
  
• Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults — Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society 2007

COPD

• Canadian Thoracic Society COPD guidelines website
  
  
• Recommendations for management of COPD — Canadian Thoracic Society 2007
  
  
• Brochure - Canadian Thoracic Society recommendations for management of COPD — Canadian Respiratory Guidelines 2007
  
  
• Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2008 Update – Highlights for Primary Care
   
  
• Canadian guidelines for the management of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis 2003
  
  
• Canadian guidelines for the management of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: Executive Summary 2003
  
  
• Global Initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease guidelines

Cystic Fibrosis

• Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Guidelines: Airway Clearance Therapies — 2009

• Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Guidelines: Chronic Medications for Maintenance of Lung Health — 2007

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Discharge Planning

• Discharge Planning for the Respiratory Care Patient — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

Education

• Providing Patient and Caregiver Training — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Training the Health-Care Professional for the Role of Patient and Caregiver Education — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

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Home Care

• Long-Term Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in the Home—2007 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Oxygen Therapy in the Home or Alternate Site Health Care Facility—2007 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Suctioning of the Patient in the Home — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Statement on Home Care for Patients with Respiratory Disorders — American Thoracic Society 2005

Infection Prevention & Control

• Infection Prevention & Control — Clinical Best Practice Guideline, College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario 2008

• Links to Evidence-Based Guidelines — Community and Hospital Infection Control Association-Canada
  
  
• Guidelines for the use of Respiratory Equipment for Patients on Airborne or Enhanced Droplet Precautions in Acute Care Facilities — Vancouver Coastal Health

Inhaled Medications

• Assessing Response to Bronchodilator Therapy at Point of Care — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Bland Aerosol Administration 2003 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Selection of a Device for Delivery of Aerosol to the Lung Parenchyma — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Selection of Device, Administration of Bronchodilator, and Evaluation of Response to Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Patients — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Device Selection and Outcomes of Aerosol Therapy — Evidence-Based Guidelines, American College of Chest Physicians

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Mechanical Ventilation & Weaning

• Mechanical Ventilator Weaning Protocols Driven by Nonphysician Health-Care Professionals — Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, American College of Chest Physicians

• Weaning and Discontinuing Ventilatory Support — Evidence-Based Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Guidelines for Standards of Care for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure on Mechanical Ventilatory Support — Task Force on Guidelines, Society of Critical Care Medicine 1991

• Capnography/Capnometry during Mechanical Ventilation 2003 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Humidification during Mechanical Ventilation — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Metabolic Measurement using Indirect Calorimetry during Mechanical Ventilation 2004 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Patient-Ventilator System Checks — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

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Neonatal & Pediatric Care

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program Recommendations for Specific Treatment Modifications in the Canadian Context — Canadian Pediatric Society 2007

• Application of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure to Neonates Via Nasal Prongs, or Nasopharyngeal Tube, or Nasal Mask 2004 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Capillary Blood Gas Sampling for Neonatal and Pediatric Patients — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Neonatal Time-Triggered, Pressure-Limited, Timed-Cycle Mechanical Ventilation — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Selection of an Aerosol Delivery Device for Neonatal and Pediatric Patients — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Selection of an Oxygen Delivery Device for Neonatal and Pediatric Patients 2002 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Surfactant Replacement Therapy — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Transcutaneous Blood Gas Monitoring for Neonatal and Pediatric Patients 2004 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

Noninvasive Ventilation

• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure — International Consensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine, American Thoracic Society

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Oxygen Therapy

• Oxygen Therapy for Adults in the Acute Care Facility 2002 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Pulse Oximetry — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

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Pulmonary Function Testing

• Standardization of Lung Function Testing: Standardization of Spirometry — American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society
  
  
• Standardization of Lung Function Testing: Standardization of the Measurement of Lung Volumes — American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society

• Standardization of the Single Breath Determination of Carbon Monoxide Uptake in the Lung — American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society

• Standardization of Lung Function Testing: Interpretive Strategies for Lung Function Tests — American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society

• Guidelines for Methacholine and Exercise Challenge Testing — American Thoracic Society

• Guidelines for the Six-Minute Walk Test — American Thoracic Society Statement

• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing — American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians Statement

• Exercise Testing for Evaluation of Hypoxemia and/or Desaturation 2001 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Body Plethysmography 2001 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Infant/Toddler Pulmonary Function Tests—2008 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Methacholine Challenge Testing 2001 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Single-Breath Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity 1999 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Spirometry 1996 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Static Lung Volumes 2001 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation — American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society 2006

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Resuscitation

• Defibrillation during Resuscitation — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Resuscitation and Defibrillation in the Health Care Setting 2004 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care 2005 — American Heart Association Guidelines

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Secretion Clearance Techniques

• Directed Cough — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Incentive Spirometry — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing 2003 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Postural Drainage Therapy — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Use of Positive Airway Pressure Adjuncts to Bronchial Hygiene Therapy — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

Sleep Medicine

• Polysomnography — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Diagnosis and treatment of sleep–disordered breathing in adults — Canadian Thoracic Society Guidelines
  
  
• Brochure – Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea – 2008 Update — Canadian Respiratory Guidelines

Smoking Cessation

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation in Canada — Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-informed Tobacco Treatment (CAN-ADAPTT)
  
  
• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update — Clinical Practice Guideline, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Suctioning

• Suctioning the airway of the intubated and non–intubated patient 2001 — Clinical Practice Guideline, Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals

• Endotracheal Suctioning of Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Artificial Airways — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Nasotracheal Suctioning 2004 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

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Transport

• In-Hospital Transport of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient 2002 Revision & Update — Expert Panel Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Inter- and Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients — Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines

Tuberculosis

• Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 6th Edition

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Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

• Care of the Ventilator Circuit and Its Relation to Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia — Evidence-Based Guideline, American Association for Respiratory Care

• Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired, Ventilator-associated, and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia — American Thoracic Society 2005

• Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare Associated Pneumonia — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 2003

• Evidenced-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia — Canadian Critical Care Trials Group & Canadian Critical Care Society 2004

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