Society guideline links: Pulmonary rehabilitation

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: Interstitial lung disease" and "Society guideline links: Stress testing and cardiopulmonary exercise testing" and "Society guideline links: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease".)

Canada

●Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS): Expert working group report on quality indicators for pulmonary rehabilitation programs in Canada (2019)

●American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)/CTS/British Thoracic Society (BTS): An official workshop report on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease education in pulmonary rehabilitation (2018)

United States

●American Thoracic Society (ATS): An official clinical practice guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation for adults with chronic respiratory disease (2023)

●American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR): Resources for pulmonary rehabilitation professionals

●ATS: An official workshop report on defining modern pulmonary rehabilitation (2021)

●ATS/Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)/Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS)/British Thoracic Society (BTS): An official workshop report on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease education in pulmonary rehabilitation (2018)

●AACVPR: An official statement on pulmonary rehabilitation exercise prescription in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2016)

●ATS/European Respiratory Society (ERS): An official policy statement on enhancing implementation, use, and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation (2015)

●ATS/ERS: An official statement on key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation (2013)

Europe

●European Respiratory Society (ERS): Statement on exercise training and rehabilitation in patients with severe chronic pulmonary hypertension (2019)

●American Thoracic Society (ATS)/ERS: An official policy statement on enhancing implementation, use, and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation (2015)

●ATS/ERS: An official statement on key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation (2013)

United Kingdom

●American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)/Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS)/British Thoracic Society (BTS): An official workshop report on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease education in pulmonary rehabilitation (2018)

Australia–New Zealand

●American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)/Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS)/British Thoracic Society (BTS): An official workshop report on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease education in pulmonary rehabilitation (2018)

●Lung Foundation Australia and TSANZ: Australia and New Zealand pulmonary rehabilitation guidelines (2017)