Banha Chest Online Issue#16

World COPD Day
19 November, 2008





This issue will feature Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

• ATS/ERS Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD : NHS/NLM
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD:On the cutting edge of clinical pulmonary medicine in COPD. Symposium, Trevi , ITALY (09/2004)
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD: UpToDate
• AACVPR (American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation) Referral/Resource Pages for Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Banha Chest Online Issue#15

World COPD Day
19 November, 2008





This issue will feature Spirometry resources:

• GOLD Spirometry Guide
• GOLD Spirometry Quick Guide
• GOLD Spirometry Teaching Slide set
• Performing Good Quality Spirometry (NHS-National Library for Health)
• Spirometry in Practice: A Practical Guide to Using Spirometry in Primary Care (NHS-National Library for Health)
• An Approach to Interpreting Spirometry: American Family Physician Journal, March 2004
• Spirometry in (Cleveland Clinic Site;Pulmonary Function Testing:Basics of Physiology & Interpretation)
• ATS/ERS Standardization of Lung Function Testing: Standardization of Spirometry(2005)
• Spirometry Waveforms from ATS Educational Site

Banha Chest Online Issue#14

World COPD Day
19 November, 2008




This issue will feature COPD Guidelines:

• Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2007

• American Thoracic Society (ATS) COPD Guidelines

• The Australian & New Zealand COPD Guidelines by he Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Lung Foundation

• The Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) COPD Guidelines

• British Thoracic Society COPD Guidelines