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Further CHSS chest publications
The following resources are available to download for free unless stated otherwise. They are listed under the following categories:
Anatomy & Physiology
Investigations and Treatment
Guidelines for Management
Rehabilitation
Risk Factors
Healthy Living
Professional Bodies
Recommended Specialist Publications
General Information
Useful Organisations
Statistics
Anatomy and Physiology
Patient UK
Diagrams of the heart and lungs
Diagrams of the lungs and bronchi
Summaries of all common Pulmonary Disorders
The Merck Manual
WinkingSkull.com
An anatomy atlas, requires free registration.
Investigations and Treatment
Pulmonary Function Testing
The
Merck Manual
Investigations for respiratory conditions.
The
Merck Manual
Approach to the Patient With Pulmonary Symptoms
The Merck Manual Pulmonary Disorders Section
Guidelines for Management
All BTS (British Thoracic Society) guidelines for COPD
COPD
GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease)
All guidelines from 2001 - 2004.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2004)
Publisher: CKS
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Management of COPD in adults in primary and secondary care (2004)
Publisher: NICE
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care. (2004)
Publisher: NICE
SIGN 59
Community Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults
BTS (British Thoracic Society) Publications Library for COPD
Bridging the Gap
A report from the Respiratory Alliance 2003
Tuberculosis
All British Thoracic Society (BTS) Tuberculosis guidelines.
Tuberculosis
Clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control (2006).
Publisher: NICE
Pulmonary Embolism
All Pulmonary Embolism Guidelines from BTS
Publisher: British Thoracic Society
Infections
Chest Infections (2004)
Publisher: CKS
Common Cold (2004)
Publisher:CKS
Community management of lower respiratory tract infection in adults (2002)
Publisher: SIGN
Managing passengers with respiratory disease planning air travel :
British Thoracic
Society recommendations
Publisher: British Thoracic Society
Government reports
NHSQIS Clinical Indicators (NHS Quality Improvement Scotland).
Clinical Indicators for COPD, Heart Failure and other conditions 2005.
Managing Long Term Conditions
Report for Auditor General for Scotland 2007
Managing Long Term Conditions Key Messages
Report for Auditor General for Scotland Key Messages 2007
Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Rehabilitation (2001)
Publisher:
BTS
Living with COPD CHSS booklet
Risk Factors
Smoking
Tobacco Information Scotland
Tobacco Information Scotland (TIS) is a new initiative from the ASH Scotland
Guidance on the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and bupropion for smoking cessation (2002)
Publisher: NICE
Smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals: an update (2000)
Publisher: British Thoracic Society
Clinical Knowledge Summaries
A Smoking Cessation Policy for Scotland (1997)
Publisher: ASH Scotland
Interim guidance on Bupropion SR (Zyban) (2001)
Publisher: CREST
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
(NHS Scotland and Scottish Executive)
Resources, advice and support on healthy eating and physical activity.
ASH Scotland
Policies, guidelines, statistics, news and publications concerning smoking.
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Advice, information, reports and publications concerning healthy eating
British Nutrition Foundation
Resource for scientifically based nutritional knowledge and advice
Professional Bodies
Recommended Professional Publications
Full text articles from these journals can be accessed on line via the OVID databases:
You will require an Athens Username and Password which is available to NHS Scotland staff.
British Journal of Diseases of the Chest
Chest
Clinics in chest medicine
Thorax
Respiratory
Respiratory Medicine
Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Useful organisations
Lung and Asthma Information Agency
General Information
AZ-AIR
International website for respiratory experts (AstraZeneca).
Statistics
ISD (Information and Statistic Division)
Gyle Square
1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
0131 275 6000
Resource for Health and Care statistics in Scotland
GROS (General Register Office for Scotland)
Customer Services
Dissemination and Census Analysis Branch
General Register Office for Scotland
Ladywell House
Ladywell Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7TF
Tel : 0131 314 4254
Resource for mortality statistics in Scotland
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