Canadian Respiratory Guidelines

Toolkit

The Canadian Respiratory Guidelines Committee (CRGC) has developed respiratory clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) implementation tools to reach a broad multidisciplinary cohort of physicians and other respiratory health professionals.

These tools are currently being distributed to health care professionals across Canada via the Canadian Respiratory Journal (CRJ) and Canadian Family Physician (CFP), website postings, targeted mail outs, conferences and individual shipments on request.

Permission is granted to use documents in whole or in part, in hard copy or in electronic format, for non-profit professional development activities, such as teaching or in-service training, provided that the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) is acknowledged as the source of the information, and that the information is presented in its current format. Slides must be used as is, and contain all slide elements, including logos. For access to PowerPoint versions of slide kits, send an email to ctsinfo@lung.ca

It is prohibited to use this document in whole or in part, in hard copy or in electronic format, for any other purpose, without prior written permission of the CTS. To request permission to use this document for other purposes, send a detailed email to ctsinfo@lung.ca

Asthma
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Home Ventilation
Infectious Respiratory Diseases
Other CTS Respiratory Disease Guidelines
Pediatrics
Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Sleep Apnea

Asthma

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

2010 CTS Commentary on Long-acting beta-2 agonist use for Asthma in Canada – (PDF)

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

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

2010 CTS Slide Kit - Asthma Management Continuum

2010 CTS Slide Kit - Asthma Management Continuum – (PDF)

Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Guidelines and Resources

One of GINA's most important activities is to work with international experts to produce guidelines, reports, and other resources about asthma. These materials incorporate the latest science to help improve asthma management and the lives of asthma patients around the world.
www.ginasthma.com/GuidelinesResources.asp

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD Fact Sheet

COPD Fact Sheet – (PDF)

The Human and Economic Burden of COPD - A Leading Cause of Hospital Admission in Canada

The report examines recent Canadian COPD data and reveals that COPD exacerbations result in more hospitalizations than other major chronic diseases, including heart failure, angina and diabetes. These hospitalizations place a great burden on patients, reducing their quality of life, and place strain on the Canadian healthcare system.

The Human and Economic Burden of COPD - A Leading Cause of Hospital Admission in Canada – (PDF)

COPD Toolkit Website

The COPD Toolkit© website is a Canadian on-line repository where all health care professionals involved in COPD management can access, share, evaluate, develop and refine resources for COPD management. The Tools are currently used in the LiveWell™ Chronic Disease Management Program conducted in the Saskatoon Health Region and range from PowerPoint presentations for patient education to referral forms to flow sheets for COPD management.

CTS COPD Exam Room Poster

This poster was designed as a tool to initiate discussion between physician and patient about treatment options and management of COPD.

CTS COPD Exam Room Poster – (PDF)

COPD Action Plan

This is a tool to facilitate communication between the patient, the physician and the pharmacist. A set of three copies (6 pages) should be printed on both sides to keep a proper format.

The COPD Action Plan co-developed by the CTS (COPD Dissemination and Implementation Committee), Family Physicians Airways Group and Living Well with COPD.

This action plan was developed as a pilot project to be tested within respirology clinics and pulmonary rehabilitation programs with a certified respiratory educator present to review the plan with the patient.

Input continues to be gathered from family physicians, respiratory educators and pharmacists. As such, the action plan is still deemed to be in its evaluation stages and should only be administered by a certified respiratory educator.

If you have any comments or suggestions to improve the action plan, please contact us.

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COPD Action Plan – (PDF)