Clinical Guidelines: Cardiopulmonary

Non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: management of acute type 2 respiratory failure - National Guidelines, UK[1]

Managing Bronchiectasis recommended best practice - Auckland District Health Board, NZ.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care - NICE Guidelines, UK.[2]

Critical illness rehabilitation - NICE Guidelines, UK.[3]

Guidelines for the Physiotherapy Management of the Adult, Medical, Spontaneously Breathing Patient - The Joint British Thoracic Society/ Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care [4].

Annual Evidence Update on Cystic Fibrosis – Physiotherapy, S Ammani Prasad, Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, for NHS Evidence, 2009.

Physiotherapy National Standards of Care for people with Cystic Fibrosis, Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Cystic Fibrosis, UK, 2009.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. NHS Evidence - emergency and urgent care. Non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: management of acute type 2 respiratory failure. Available from http://www.library.nhs.uk/emergency/viewResource.aspx?resid=30205 [last accessed 19/6/9]
  2. National Institute for Health and Clinicl Excellence. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care. Available from http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG83 [last accessed 19/6/9]
  3. National Institute for Health and Clinicl Excellence. Critical Illness Rehabilitation. Available from http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG02 [last accessed 2/8/10]
  4. The Joint British Thoracic Society/ Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care. Guidelines for the Physiotherapy Management of the Adult, Medical, Spontaneously Breathing Patient. May 2009; Thorax: Vol 64, Supplement 1.