Canadian Respiratory Guidelines

Asthma

The CTS Asthma Committee encourages health professionals to implement or adapt CTS asthma respiratory clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) into practice.  Please refer to pediatrics for respiratory CPGs for children 18 years of age and under.

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Guidelines and Standards

2003 Update CTS Guideline - Adult Asthma Consensus

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2003 CTS Guideline - Summary of Recommendations from the Canadian Asthma Consensus

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1998 CTS Guidelines for Occupational Asthma

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Tools and Resources

Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Guidelines and Resources

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2010 CTS Slide Kit - Asthma Management Continuum

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2010 CTS Slim Jim - Asthma Management Continuum - Children (6 Years and Over) and Adults

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2010 CTS Commentary on Long-acting beta-2 agonist use for Asthma in Canada

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Pediatric Guidelines and Standards

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