Breathe - Useful resources

Downloads

Breathe articles regularly cite guidelines, documents, protocols and other resources that can be downloaded from the internet. This page is a compendium of some of these, as well as other downloads that may prove useful to readers.

If you are aware of a downloadable resource that ought to be linked from this page, please contact breathe@ersj.org.uk



FROM ERS  
Guidelines http://www.ers-education.org/pages/default.aspx?id=725
Equipment testing ISO 23747:2007
Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment - Peak expiratory flow meters for the assessment of pulmonary function in spontaneously breathing humans
Determination of frequency response: Flow time profiles A and B for testing of equipment
http://www.ersnet.org/learning_resources_player/LR2008/profileAB.xls

FROM ELSEWHERE  
Equipment testing American Thoracic Society spirometry waveforms
http://www.thoracic.org/sections/education/pulmonary-function-testing/pages/spirometry-waveforms/index.html
Guidelines National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care.
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG012_niceguideline.pdf
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma Full Report 2007.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/index.htm
Global Initiative for Asthma. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention
http://www.ginasthma.org/Guidelineitem.asp??l1=2&l2=1&intId=1561
US Office of the Surgeon General. Smoking cessation materials.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/
Tests and questionnaires Asthma Control Test
http://www.qualitymetric.com/demos/TP_Launch.aspx?SID=52461
 

Weblinks

Since its launch, Breathe has been building a database of weblinks to sites covering all aspects of respiratory practice. While no such list can be comprehensive, this one is regularly enlarged and checked. And if you haven't already explored it, the ERS Learning Resources site, of which Breathe is a part, provides a huge range of resources for respiratory practitioners.

The links below have been published in issues of Breathe since 2004 and are checked regularly. If you are aware of a website that ought to be on this page, please contact breathe@ersj.org.uk

 
Website URL Year Vol./Issue
American Sleep Association www.sleepassociation.org 2009 6/2
Avian influenza facts and information www.cdc.gov/flu/avian 2005 2/2
BMJ Best Practice. Swine influenza http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/1178.html 2009 6/1
CDC www.cdc.gov 2004 1/2
Centre for evidence-based medicine www.cebm.net 2005 1/3
Checking the pollen count www.polleninfo.org 2006 2/4
Cochrane Ariways Group www.airways.cochrane.org/en/index.html 2008 5/1
Deutsche Lungenstiftung www.lungenstiftung.de 2006 2/4
Doctor's Guide news on the web www.docguide.com 2006 2/3
Drug-induced pulmonary disease www.pneumotox.com 2006 3/1
Education for Health www.educationforhealth.org.uk 2008 5/1
EFA www.efanet.org 2007 4/1
eGuidelines www.eguidelines.co.uk 2004 1/1
ELF Travel Database www.airtravel.european-lung-foundation.org 2008 5/2
Embase www.embase.com 2004 1/1
Endolung image data bank www.endolung.com 2005 1/3
EPHA Environment Network www.env-health.org 2005 2/1
ERS learning - Case reports www.ers-education.org/pages/default.aspx?id=1265 2010 6/3
ERS Learning Resources www.ers-education.org 2004 1/2
ERS Learning Resources www.ers-education.org 2008 4/4
ERS Stockholm Congress learning resources www.ers-education.org 2007 4/2
EU Health Reports www.ec.europa.eu/health 2006 3/2
EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org 2005 2/1
European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation www.ecarf.org 2007 4/1
European Commission - Environment - Air http://pa.eu/environment/air/index_en.htm 2010 6/3
European Cystic Fibrosis Society www.ecfs.eu 2009 5/3
European Influenza Surveillance Scheme www.eiss.org 2008 4/3
European Lung Foundation: Ask the doctor - Spirometry www.european-lung-foundation.org/index.php?id=11728 2010 6/3
European Medicines Agency http://emea.europa.eu 2006 2/4
European Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals www.ensh.eu/ensh/racine 2007 4/2
European Organisation for Rare Diseases www.eurordis.org/secteur.php3
?id_rubrique=1		 2009 5/3
European Respiratory Review http://err.ersjournals.com 2007 3/4
European Sleep Research Society www.esrs.eu 2009 6/2
Evidence-based medicine www.cebm.net 2006 3/1
Fédération ANTADIR www.antadir.com 2009 6/2
Flickr Real Radiology group www.flickr.com/groups/48966580@NOO 2007 3/4
GARD www.who.int/respiratory/gard/en 2008 4/3
Global Allergy and Asthma European Network www.ga2len.net 2008 4/3
Global Initiative for Asthma www.ginasthma.com/index.asp?l1=1&l2=0 2010 6/3
Global Smokefree Partnership www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org 2007 3/4
GLOBALink tobacco control portal www.globalink.org 2005 1/4
Google Book Search www.print.google.com 2005 1/4
Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com 2004 1/2
Health on the Net Foundation www.hon.ch 2005 1/3
Health Protection Agency. Swine influenza www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page
&HPAwebAutoListName/Page
/1240812234677?p=1240812234677		 2009 6/1
Help - for a life without tobacco www.help-eu.com 2006 2/3
Information for Italian Patients www.it.european-lung-foundation.org 2007 3/3
International Primary Care Respiratory Group www.theipcrg.org 2008 4/4
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease www.iuatld.org/index_en.phtml 2008 5/1
MedlinePlus information for patients www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus 2005 1/4
National Electronic Library for Health Guidelines Finder www.library.nhs.uk/guidelinesfinder 2004 1/1
National Electronic Library of Infection www.neli.org.uk 2007 3/4
National Guideline Clearinghouse www.guidelines.gov 2004 1/1
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov 2008 5/1
National Library of Medicine - 2009 H1N1 Flu links http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/swineflu.html 2009 6/1
NIH www.nih.gov 2004 1/2
Oasys and Occupational Asthma www.occupationalasthma.com 2007 4/2
OMNI www.intute.ac.uk 2004 1/1
PathoPic image database   http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic 2006 3/1
Patient information in Polish, Russian and Greek www.european-lung-foundation.org 2007 4/1
Patient information on influenza www.european-lung-foundation.org
/index.php?id=5690		 2008 4/4
Radiology teaching files database www.casimage.com 2005 1/3
RadiologyInfo information for patients www.radiologyinfo.org 2005 2/2
Rare lung diseases consortium http://rarediseasesnetwork.epi.usf.edu 2008 4/3
Respiratory Nursing Society www.respiratorynursingsociety.org 2006 2/3
Science Daily news on the web www.sciencedaily.com 2005 2/2
Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network www.sign.ac.uk 2004 1/1
Smoke free partnership www.smokefreepartnership.eu 2007 4/1
SpirXpert www.spirxpert.com 2007 3/3
Surveillance of TB in Europe www.eurotb.org 2009 5/3
Swiss Lungenliga www.lung.ch 2006 3/1
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine www.aasmnet.org 2009 6/2
The Cochrane Library www.cochrane.org 2004 1/1
The European Lung Foundation www.european-lung-foundation.org 2006 2/3
The European Lung Foundation www.european-lung-foundation.org 2006 3/2
The European Medicines Agency www.emea.europa.eu 2007 4/2
The GRACE Initiative www.grace-lrti.org 2006 3/2
Tobacco-free Europe www.euro.who.int/tobaccofree 2007 3/3
Toolbox for medical algorithms www.medalreg.com 2005 1/4
TRIP www.tripdatabase.com 2004 1/1
Updated COPD guidelines www.ersnet.org/copd 2005 2/1
WHO - Avian influenza www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/ 2009 5/3
WHO - Tuberculosis www.who.int/tb 2007 3/3
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic www.who.int/tobacco/mpower
/mpower_report_full_2008.pdf		 2008 4/4
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record www.who.int/wer 2006 3/2
World Health Organization. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html 2009 6/1
 
 
Print ISSN: 1810-6838
Online ISSN: 2073-4735

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