Society guideline links: Asthma in adolescents and adults

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Occupational asthma".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Severe asthma in adolescents and adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Asthma in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Subacute and chronic cough in adults".)

International

●Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Global strategy for asthma management and prevention, update (2023)

●International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG): Position paper on making the case for personalized care for adults with asthma (2018)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't initiate long-term maintenance treatments (eg, bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids, leukotriene receptor antagonists, or other) in adult patients with suspected COPD/asthma without confirming a diagnosis with objective testing such as spirometry/methacholine challenge (2021)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't use antibiotics for acute asthma exacerbations without clear signs of bacterial infection (2021)

United States

●American Thoracic Society (ATS): An official clinical practice guideline on use of fractional exhaled nitric oxide to guide the treatment of asthma (2021)

●American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST): Managing chronic cough due to asthma and NAEB in adults and adolescents – Guideline and expert panel report (2020)

●National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): A report from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee (NAEPPCC) Expert Panel Working Group – Focused updates to the asthma management guidelines (2020)

•NHLBI and NAEPP: Expert panel report 3 – Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma (2007)

●American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on asthma in pregnancy (2008, reaffirmed 2019)

●American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI), and Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (JCAAI): Management of acute loss of asthma control in the yellow zone – A practice parameter (2014)

●ATS/European Respiratory Society (ERS): An official statement on asthma control and exacerbations – Standardizing endpoints for clinical asthma trials and clinical practice (2009)

Europe

●European Respiratory Society (ERS): Guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in adults (2022)

●ERS: Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in children aged 5-16 years (2021)

●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Guideline on the effective transition of adolescents and young adults with allergy and asthma (2020)

●American Thoracic Society (ATS)/ERS: An official statement on asthma control and exacerbations – Standardizing endpoints for clinical asthma trials and clinical practice (2009)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on asthma – Diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic asthma management (2017, updated 2021)

●British Thoracic Society (BTS)/Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): British guideline on the management of asthma (2003, revised 2019)

●NICE: Quality standard on asthma (2013, updated 2018)

●NICE: Diagnostic guidance on measuring fractional exhaled nitric oxide concentration in asthma – NIOX MINO, NIO VERO, and NObreath (2014)

Australia–New Zealand

●National Asthma Council Australia (NACA): Australian asthma handbook (2022)

●NACA: Information paper on inhaler technique for people with asthma or COPD (2018)

●NACA and Lung Foundation Australia (LFA): Information paper on asthma-COPD overlap (2017)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Society of Allergology (JSA): Japanese guidelines for adult asthma (2020)

●[In Japanese] JSA: Proper use statement of biologics in adult bronchial asthma (2020)

●[In Japanese] Choosing Wisely Japan: Spirometry test for asthma – Reasons why and if it is necessary (2016)