Physician's Resource

Asthma

• Canadian Thoracic Society Adult Asthma Consensus Guidelines Update 2003
  www.lung.ca/cts-sct/pdf/Adult_Asthma_Consensus.pdf
• British Columbia Medical Association asthma guidelines including a diagnosis and treatment flow chart and a patient information sheet.
  www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/gpac/pdf/asthma.pdf
• The British Columbia Lung Association
  http://www.bc.lung.ca/
• The Canadian Lung Association
  http://www.lung.ca/
• The American Lung Association
  http://www.lungusa.org/
  
  

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) COPD Recommendations - 2007 Update
  CTS COPD Recommendations - 2007 update
• Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) recommendations for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 2007 update. Also on this page: links to the American/European COPD guidelines, global initiative for COPD (GOLD) guidelines and the British Thoracic Society COPD guidelines.
  www.copdguidelines.ca/guidelines-lignes_e.php
• British Columbia Medical Association COPD Guidelines including flow sheet and patient information sheet
  www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/gpac/pdf/copd.pdf
• Australian and New Zealand COPD Reference Site for Health Professionals
  http://www.copdx.org.au/

General

• For Physicians and Allied Health Professionals
• Doctor's Guide
  Offers the latest news, web casts and cases. Can be personalized to access information that interests you most.
  http://www.docguide.com/
• Respiratory Nursing Society (RNS)
  For Respiratory Nurses and any Allied Health Professional interested in respiratory health. This site offers information on Educational Conferences, how to join the society and provides several useful links to other pulmonary websites for patients and healthcare providers.
  http://www.respiratorynursingsociety.org/

Oxygen Therapy

• Vancouver Coastal Health Home Oxygen Program
  General information about the Home Oxygen program including a brochure for patients. Physicians and health care professionals looking for an application form and more detailed information including an application algorithm, click on the "Health Care Professionals section" link.
  www.vch.ca/programs/hop.htm

Pulmonary Hypertension

• The B.C. Pulmonary Hypertension Society
  http://www.bcphs.org/
• The Pulmonary Hypertension Society of Canada
  http://www.phassociation.org/intl/index.asp
• Pulmonary Hypertension Association (American)
  http://www.phassociation.org/
• The Flolan Information Center (treatment information)
  http://www.flolan-center.com/

Sarcoidosis

• The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
  http://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

• Health Canada SARS Website
  www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sars-sras/

Sleep

• Vancouver Coastal Health Sleep Disorders Program
  www.vch.ca/sleep_disorders
• British Sleep Society
  http://www.sleeping.org.uk/
• Primary Care Sleep Group
  http://www.primarycaresleep.com/
• European Sleep Research Society
  http://www.esrs.eu/cms/front_content.php
• Stanford Centre For Narcolepsy
  www.med.stanford.edu/school/Psychiatry/narcolepsy

Vasculitis

• Vasculitis Foundation (formerly known as the Wegeners Granulomatosis Association)
  http://www.vasculitisfoundation.org/