Management Guidelines
Asthma
Preschool Wheeze Guidelines
- ERS TASK FORCE
- Definition, assessment and treatment of wheezing disorders in preschool children: an evidence-based approach
- Brand PL, Baraldi E, Bisgaard H, et al. Definition, assessment and treatment of wheezing disorders in preschool children: an evidence-based approach. Eur Respir J. 2008;32(4):1096-110. Permission kindly provided by the European Respiratory Journal
- Recommended by Innes Asher mi.asher@auckland.ac.nz
Asthma Guidelines
Listed here are asthma management recommendations from many different countries that are free of pharmaceutical industry sponsorship. More international guidelines for children which were not sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry will be added to the ISAAC website as they become available. If you know of any such guidelines please contact Eamon Ellwood.
- Australia
- The Role of Corticosteroids in the Management of Childhood Asthma. This positions statement was prepared by members of the Paediatric Special Interest Group of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.
- Recommended by Colin Robertson colin.robertson@rch.org.au
- Austria
- Konsensuspapier der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (ÖGKJ). This Guideline reflects the latest recommendations on the management of Asthma in children and adolescents in Austria. It is co-produced by representatives of the Austrian Society of Pediatrics (ÖGKJ) and the Austrian Society of Pneumology (ÖGP).
- Recommended by Erika von Mutius Erika.Von.Mutius@med.uni-muenchen.de
- Estonia
- Astma lapseeas - Eesti ravijuhis (Childhood Asthma - Estonian treatment guidelines)[estonian]. Published in the journal Eesti Arst (Estonian Physician): Annus T, Julge K, Kivivare M, Putnik U, Ress K, Vasar M, Veidrik K. Astma lapseeas. Eesti ravijuhend 2009. Eesti Arst 2010; 89, 3, 207–26.
- Recommended by Triine Annus Triine.Annus@kliinikum.ee & Mall-Anne Riikjärv mall.riikjarv@lastehaigla.ee
- Finland
- Kansallinen allergiaohjelma 2008–2018 – aika muuttaa suuntaa [finnish]. The finnish allergy programme is available from Suomen Lääkärilehti - the Finnish Medical Journal (Suomen Lääkärilehti 14/2008 vsk 63).
- Finnish Allergy Programme 2008-2018 [english]. The english translation of the finnish allergy programme is available in the journal 'Allergy' (Allergy 2008; 63(6): 634 - 645)
- Recommended by Juha Pekkanen juha.pekkanen@thl.fi
- Germany
- Disease-Management-Programm für Asthma Bronchiale im Kindes- und Jugendalter. These guidelines represent the asthma relevant German and German speaking (Switzerland) societies such as the German Society of Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Pulmonology, The Working Group Asthma Education etc. Thus they are based on a broad consensus among these groups.
- Diese Richtlinien repräsentieren die Asthma-relevanten deutschen und deutschsprachigen (Österreich, Schweiz) Gesellschaften wie u.a. die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (DGKJ), die Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Pneumologie e.V. (GPP) und die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Asthmaschulung im Kindes- und Jugendalter e.V. Entsprechend beruhen sie auf einem breiten Konsens zwischen diesen Gruppen.
- Recommended by Erika von Mutius Erika.Von.Mutius@med.uni-muenchen.de
- India
- Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Children - Update 2003
Guidelines for Management of Bronchial Asthma in India at Primary and Secondary Levels of Health Care (Handout) - Recommended by Meenu Singh meenusingh4@gmail.com
- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD)
- Management of asthma guidelines
- Recommended by Nadia Ait-Khaled naitkhaled@theunion.org
- Mexico
- Diagnóstico y tratamiento del asma en menores de 18 años en el primero y segundo niveles de atención - Evidencias y recomendaciones (Diagnosis and treatment of asthma in children under 18 in the first and second levels of care - Evidence and recommendations)[spanish]
Diagnóstico y tratamiento del asma en menores de 18 años en el primero y segundo niveles de atención - Guía de referencia rápida (Diagnosis and treatment of asthma in children under 18 in the first and second levels of care - Quick reference guide)[spanish] - Recommended by Manuel Baeza Bacab manuel.baeza@uady.mx
- The Netherlands
- Samenvatting van de herziene richtlijnen van de Sectie Kinderlongziekten van de NVK (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kindergeneeskunde). (Summary of the revised guidelines of the Children's Section of Pulmonology NVK (Dutch Paediatric Association).)[dutch]
- Nederlandse Huisartsen Genootschap: NHG-Standaard Astma bij kinderen (Tweede herziening) (Dutch General Practitioners Association NHG-Standard Childhood asthma (Second revision))[dutch]
- Recommended by Bert Brunekreef B.Brunekreef@uu.nl
- New Zealand
- Paediatric Society of NZ (PSNZ) asthma guidelines. These guidelines were prepared by the Paediatric Society of New Zealand, the multidisciplinary society for paediatric health professionals. The work was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Health, and the guidelines published in 2005. They are based on the evidence-based Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guidelines, modified for New Zealand. The SIGN guidelines are updated annually (www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/101/index.html)
- Recommended by Innes Asher mi.asher@auckland.ac.nz
- South Africa
- Guideline for the management of chronic asthma in children - 2009 update
- Recommended by Heather Zar heather.zar@uct.ac.za
- Spain
- Consensus Statement on the Management of Paediatric Asthma. Update 2007 [english]. The Spanish guidelines for asthma management in childhood are a consensus statement of all Spanish paediatric societies related to asthma in children: primary care paediatricians, paediatric pulmonologists and allergists and emergency paediatricians. A first version of the document elaborated by the combined task force was published in 2006. The updated version, which is the one accesed by this link, was published in 2007 (Spanish version) and 2008 (English version). The work was supported by the involved societies.
- Consenso sobre tratamiento del asma en pediatría [spanish]. La guía Española para el tratamiento del asma en la infancia es un consenso de todas las sociedades pediátricas Españolas que tienen alguna relación con el asma del niño: pediatras de atención primaria; neumólogos y alergólogos pediatras; y pediatras de urgencias. Una primera versión de esta guía, elaborada por un grupo de trabajo combinado, se publicó en 2006. La versión actualizada, que es a la que se accede desde este enlace, se publicó en 2007 (versión Española) y 2008 (versión Inglesa). El trabajo fue apoyado y financiado a través de las sociedades involucradas.
- Recommended by Luis Garcia-Marcos lgmarcos@um.es
- Sultanate of Oman
- Guidelines for the Management of Asthma 2009. This is the second edition of the National Asthma Management Guidelines in Oman covering both adults and children. They were jointly developed by members from Oman Respiratory Society and Oman Family & Community Medicine Society under the Umbrella of Oman Medical Association and were adopted by Ministry of Health. They were based on GINA guidelines taking into account local health system issues.
- Recommended by Omar Al-Rawas orawas@squ.edu.om
- Switzerland
- Asthma Guidelines 2004. These guidelines represent the asthma relevant German and German speaking (Austria, Switzerland) societies such as the German Society of Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Pulmonology, The Working Group Asthma Education etc. Thus they are based on a broad consensus among these groups.
- Recommended by Erika von Mutius Erika.Von.Mutius@med.uni-muenchen.de
- United Kingdom
- 2008 British Guideline on the Management of Asthma - updated June 2009. Produced jointly by SIGN and the British Thoracic Society (BTS)
- via SIGN | via BTS
- Recommended by Hywel Williams hywel.williams@nottingham.ac.uk
Eczema
- Eczema Casenotes
- BBC radio's Dr Mark Porter visits the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology in Nottingham to find out about the latest reasearch into treating the symptoms of eczema.(audio)
- Recommended by Hywel Williams hywel.williams@nottingham.ac.uk
Eczema Guidelines
- United Kingdom
- Eczema resources at NHS Evidence. Each year NHS Evidence – skin disorders undertakes an annual evidence update on atopic eczema. The update includes new guidelines and new systematic reviews published in the preceding year, and involves a detailed commentary of the clinical implications of the new evidence by Hywel Williams and other colleagues
- NICE Guidance on management of atopic eczema in children from birth up to the age of 12 years. NICE Guidelines are internationally recognised as some of the best developed guidelines in the world. NICE stands for the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence and is funded by the UK National Health Service. These guidelines on the management of atopic eczema in children from birth up to the age of 12 years were issued in December 2007 and the full content of the guidelines is free in the public domain through the above link. Although directed at UK healthcare professionals, most of the findings will be directly applicable to all countries in the world.
- GREAT database The Global Resource for Eczema Trials (GREAT) is an international collection of all randomized controlled trials published since the year 2000 that is free for anyone to use.
- Recommended by Hywel Williams hywel.williams@nottingham.ac.uk
Rhinitis
Rhinitis Guidelines
- United Kingdom
- NHS (National Health Service) Rhinitis Management Guidelines (general)
- NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries: Allergic rhinitis - Management
- Recommended by Hywel Williams hywel.williams@nottingham.ac.uk
