COVID-19: Guidelines and recommendations directory

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Argentina

• Recomendaciones para el Manejo No Invasivo e Invasivo de la Insuficiencia Respiratoria Hipoxémica de Novo Covid-19 – Asociación Argentina de Medicina Respiratoria (AAMR) [Spanish]
• Recomendaciones para el laboratorio de función pulmonar en la era COVID-19 [Spanish] /
  Recommendation for pulmonary function laboratories in the COVID-19 era [English] – AAMR
• Cáncer de pulmón en el contexto de la pandemia SARS-COVID 19 – AAMR [Spanish]
• Información importante sobre coronavirus (COVID-19) – Sociedad Argentina de Cirugía Torácica (SACT) [Spanish]

Asia-Pacific

• COVID-19 Information Sheet – Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control and NCDs Prevention (APCAT) [English]

Australia

• Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 – National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce [English]

Austria

• Stellungnahme der ÖGP zum Management von akuten SARS-CoV-2 Infektionen und zum Management von chronischen Lungenerkrankungen während der SARS-CoV-2 Pandemie – Austrian Society for Pneumology (ÖGP) [German]

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Brazil

• Intervenção na insuficiência respiratória aguda – Associacao Brasileira de Fisioterapia Cardiorrespiratoria e Fisioterapia em Terapia Intensiva (ASSOBRAFIR) [Portuguese]
• Manejo fisioterapêutico da população infantil – ASSOBRAFIR [Portuguese]
• COVID-19: Papel do Fisioterapeuta em diferentes cenários de atuação – ASSOBRAFIR [Portuguese]
• Posição prona – ASSOBRAFIR [Portuguese]
• Mobilização precoce na insuficiência respiratória aguda – IRpA – ASSOBRAFIR [Portuguese]
• Posicionamento oficial da SBPT acerca da pandemia de coronavírus – Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (BSPT) [Portuguese]
• Orientações sobre diagnósticos, tratamento e isolamento de pacientes com COVID-19 – Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia (SBI), Associação Brasileira dos Profissionais em Controle de Infecções e Epidemiologia Hospitalar (ABIH), Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira (AMIB) et al. [Portugese]
• Recomendações sobre tratamento farmacológico para COVID-19 – SBI and Associação Médica de Brasília (AMBr) [Portugese]
• Nota de esclarecimento da Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia uso de máscaras na pandemia de COVID-19 – SBI and AMBr [Portugese]

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Canada

• CTS recommendations regarding the use of face masks by the public during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic – Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) [English]
• Resumption of Pulmonary Function Testing during the Post-Peak Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic – CTS [English]
• Updated Recommendations for Resumption of Sleep Clinic and Laboratory Testing – CTS [English]
• Clinical Triage Thresholds in Respiratory Disease Patients in the Event of a Major Surge during the Pandemic – CTS [English]
• Asthma position statement – CTS [English]
• Inhaled salbutamol shortage – mitigation strategy for asthma – CTS [English]
• COPD position statement – CTS [English]
• Inhaled salbutamol shortage– mitigation strategy for COPD – CTS [English]
• Sleep disordered breathing position statement – CTS [English]

Chile

• Recomendaciones para el uso de ventilación no-invasiva en COVID-19 – Sociedad Chilena de Medicina de Sueño (SOCHIMES) and Sociedad Chilena de Enfermedades Respiratorias (SER) [Spanish]
• Recomendaciones clínicas de Kinesiología Respiratoria en atención de pacientes con COVID-19 – Sociedad Chilena de Kinesiología Respiratoria (SOCHIKIR) [Spanish]
• Recomendaciones de protección para kinesiólogos que realizan técnicas y procedimientos respiratorios en personas con infección por COVID-19 – SOCHIKIR [Spanish]
• Precauciones para control de infecciones de anestesiólogos durante COVID-19 – Sociedad de Anestesiología de Chile [Spanish]
• Recomendaciones para reinicio de cirugías electivas en pandemia COVID-19 – Sociedad de Anestesiología de Chile [Spanish]

Columbia

• Recomendaciones para la reactivación de Laboratorios de Pruebas de Función Pulmonar durante la Pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) en Colombia – Asociación Colombiana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax

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Europe

• Management of hospitalised adults with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): A European Respiratory Society living guideline – Official guideline of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) [English]
• Lung function testing during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond – Group 9.1 Respiratory function technologists / scientists [English]
• Care of patients with liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: EASL-ESCMID Position Paper – European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) [English]
• ESGLI guidance for managing legionella in hospital water systems during the COVID-19 pandemic – (ESCMID) [English]
• Practice recommendations for managing children with proven or suspected COVID-19 – European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) [English]
• COVID-19 patients and the radiology department – advice from the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) [English]
• Outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19): What is the role of radiologists? – European Society of Radiology (ESR) [English]
• Recommendation of low-dose CT in the detection and management of COVID-2019 – ESR [English]
• What can European radiologists learn from the outbreak of COVID-19 in China? A discussion with a radiologist from Wuhan – ESR [English]

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Francophone region

• COVID-19: information for the respiratory community (multiple guideline documents available) [French] / COVID-19: information for the respiratory community (multiple guideline documents available) [English] – Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française (SPLF)

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Germany

• S2k-Leitlinie: Empfehlungen zur stationären Therapie von Patienten mit COVID-19 – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internistische Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin (DGIIN), Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin (DIVI), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin (DGP) et al. [German]
• Diagnostik und Therapie schlafbezogener Atmungsstörungen im Zusammenhang mit der Corona-Pandemie – DGP und Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin [German]
• DGP Empfehlungen zur pneumologischen Rehabilitation bei COVID-19 – DGP [German]
• Stellungnahme der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pneumologische Altersmedizin zu Covid-19 bei geriatrischen Patienten –DGP [German]
• Risikoabschätzung bei Patienten mit chronischen Atemwegs- und Lungenerkrankungen im Rahmen der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie – DGP [German]
• Weaning und Corona. Positionspapier der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e. V. – DGP [German]
• Entscheidungen über die Zuteilung intensivmedizinischer Ressourcen im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie – Klinisch-ethische Empfehlungen, Entscheidungsfindung bei nicht ausreichenden Intensiv-Ressourcen – DIVI, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Interdisziplinäre Notfall- und Akutmedizin (DGINA), Deutschen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin (DGAI) et al. [German]
• Ambulante patienten-zentrierte Vorausplanung für den Notfall Ein Leitfaden aus Anlass der Covid-19 Pandemie – Deutschen interprofessionellen Vereinigung – Behandlung im Voraus Planen (DiV-BVP), Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin (DEGAM), DGP et al. [German]
• Empfehlungen zur Durchführung einer Bronchoskopie in Zeiten der COVID-19 Pandemie – DGP [German]
• Hinweise zu Erkennung, Diagnostik und Therapie von Patienten mit COVID-19 – Ständiger Arbeitskreis der Kompetenz- und Behandlungszentren für Krankheiten durch hochpathogene Erreger (STAKOB) am Robert Koch-Institut and DGP [German]
• Risk assessment for patients with chronic respiratory conditions in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – Statement of the DGP with the support of the German Association of Chest Physicians (BdP) [English]

Greece

• Θεραπευτικοσ αλγοριθμοσ ασθενουσ με COVID-19 λοιμωξη στο νοσοκομειο [Greek] / Management algorithm for patients with confirmed COVID-19 in a hospital setting [English] – National Organization of Public Health (EODY) and Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS)
• Αντιμετώπιση Επιβεβαιωμένου Κρούσματος COVID-19 Εκτός Νοσοκομείου [Greek] / Management of confirmed COVID-19 at home [English] – EODY and HTS
• Suspicion of COVID-19 in patients with mild disease (awaiting RT-PCR results for SARS-CoV-2) – HTS [English]

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Ireland

• Respiratory Management of Patients with COVID-19 – Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) [English]
• Irish Thoracic Society Guidance on Sleep Services: COVID-19 – (ITS) [English]
• Guidance on Lung Function Testing: COVID-19 – (ITS) [English]
• Irish Thoracic Society Statement on Bronchoscopy: COVID-19 – (ITS) [English]

Italy

• Joint statement on the role of respiratory rehabilitation in the COVID-19 crisis – Italian Thoracic Society (AIPO), Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR) and Italian Respiratory Society (SIP) [English]
• Managing the respiratory care of patients with COVID-19 – Italian Thoracic Society (AIPO) and Italian Respiratory Society (SIP) [English]
• Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in an acute setting – Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR) [English]
• Esami di funzionalità respiratoria nel contesto COVID-19 – Società Italiana di Pneumologia (SIP) [Italian]

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Lebanon

• COVID-19 Coronavirus Statement – Societe Libanaise de Pneumologie (SLP), Lebanese Society of Critical Care Medicine (LSCCMED), Lebanese Society of Anesthesiologists [English]

Lithuania

• A set of COVID-19 recommendations for healthcare professionals – Jaunųjų gydytojų asociacija (JGA) [Lithuanian]

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Nigeria

• Physiotherapy in the Management of Patients with COVID-19: Recommendations to Guide Practice – Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy Oyo State Chapter [English]

Norway

• Tiltak i spesialisthelsetjenesten – Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI) [Norweigian]

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Pakistan

• COVID-19 Management Guidelines – Pakistan Chest Society (PCS) [English]

Paraguay

• Fundamentos Generales y Recomendaciones para Medidas de Protección Respiratoria durante la Pandemia de la COVID-19 – Sociedad Paraguaya de Neumologia (SPN) and Programa Nacional de Control del Tabaquismo y Enfermedades Respiratorias Crónicas (PRONATERC) [Spanish]

Peru

• Lineamientos de manejo hospitalario del paciente con COVID-19 – Sociedad Peruana de Peumología (SPN) [Spanish]
• Pesquisa y Evaluación de Personal de Salud durante pandemia de COVID-19 – (SPN) [Spanish]
• Prevención Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de personas afectadas por COVID-19 en el Perú – Ministerio de Salud del Perú (MINSA) [Spanish]

Philippines

• Ethics Guidelines on COVID-19 Crisis-Level Hospital Care – University of the Philippines (UP) [English]

Portugal

• Terapias respiratória não invasivas em contexto de doente agudo/crónico agudizado na COVID-19 – Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia (SPP) [Portuguese]
• Orientações da SPP no cancro do pulmão durante a pandemia de SARS- CoV-2 – SPP [Portuguese]
• Recomendações da SPP para a realização de Provas Funcionais Respiratórias durante o surto de COVID 19 – SPP [Portuguese]
• Posição da SPP para a realização de broncoscopias durante o surto de COVID–19 – SPP [Portuguese]
• COVID-19: Posição da SPP sobre a SAOS em tempo de pandemia – SPP [Portuguese]
• Reabilitação Respiratória no domicílio em tempo de pandemia COVID-19 – SPP [Portuguese]
• Tabaco e COVID-19 – SPP [Portuguese]
• Recomendações da SPP no diagnóstico e no tratamento de doenças difusas do pulmão durante a pandemia por SARS-COV-2 – SPP [Portuguese]
• Fisioterapia respiratória em pessoas com COVID-19 – Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas (APF) [Portuguese]
• Gestão dos sintomas respiratórios na pessoa com COVID-19 – APF [Portuguese]
• Gestão de sintomas de stress e ansiedade na pessoa com COVID-19 – APF [Portuguese]
• Gestão da oxigenoterapia de longa duração na pessoa com COVID-19 – APF [Portuguese]

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Russia

• Recommendations of the Russian Respiratory Society on conducting functional studies of external respiration in a period of COVID-19 pandemic – Russian Respiratory Society (RRS) [Russian]

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South America

• Fumar em momentos do COVID-19 – Documento para profissionais de saúde [Portuguese] / Smoking in COVID-19 times – Document for healthcare providers [English] – Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT), Unión Internacional contra la Tuberculosis y Enfermedades Respiratorias (La Unión), Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (SEPAR) et al.
• Functional respiratory evaluation in the COVID-19 era: the role of pulmonary function test laboratories – Sociedad Latinoamericana de Fisiología Respiratoria [English]

Spain

• Recomendaciones de consenso SEPAR – AEER sobre la utilidad de la ecografía torácica en el manejo del paciente con sospecha o infección confirmada con COVID-19 – Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (SEPAR) and Sociedad Española de Endoscopia Respiratoria (AEER) [Spanish]
• Recomendaciones de consenso SEPAR y AEER sobre el uso de la broncoscopia y la toma de muestras de la vía respiratoria en pacientes con sospecha o con infección confirmada por COVID-19 – SEPAR and AEER [Spanish]
• Recomendaciones sobre prevención de contagio por coronavirus en unidades de Función Pulmonar de los diferentes ámbitos asistenciales – SEPAR, Asociación de Enfermería Comunitaria (AEC), Asociación de Especialistas en Enfermería del Trabajo (AET) and Sociedad Española de Alergología e Inmunología Clínica (SEAIC) [Spanish]
• Documento Técnico Manejo clínico de pacientes con enfermedad por el nuevo coronovirus (COVID-19) – SEPAR and other scientific societies [Spanish]
• Recomendaciones de consenso respecto al soporte respiratorio no invasivo en el paciente adulto con insuficiencia respiratoria aguda secundaria a infección por SARS-CoV-2 – SEPAR and other scientific societies [Spanish]
• Fisioterapia respiratoria en el manejo del paciente con COVID-19: Recomendaciones generales – SEPAR [Spanish]

Switzerland

• Good rules for ICU admission allow a fair allocation of resources, even in a pandemic – Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) [English]
• COVID-19 pandemic: triage for intensive-care treatment under resource scarcity – SAMS [English]
• Recommendations for the admission of patients with COVID-19 to intensive care and intermediate care units (ICUs and IMCUs) – SAMS [English]
• COVID-19 pandemic: palliative care for elderly and frail patients at home and in residential and nursing homes – SAMS [English]

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Turkey

• COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 Enfeksiyonu) Rehberi – Turkish Ministry of Health [Turkish]
• Pulmonary rehabilitation principles in SARS-COV-2 infection (COVID-19): A guideline for the acute and subacute rehabilitation – Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialists (TSPRM)/ Cardiopulmonary Study Group [English]

U

United Kingdom

• ARTP COVID-19 Guidance – Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) [English]
• Data on CPAP and entrained oxygen – ARTP [English]
• Information for the respiratory community on the management of a range of diseases: COPD, asthma, obstructive sleep apnoea, interstitial lung disease, venous thromboembolic disease, provision of pleural services, TB services and lung cancer and mesothelioma services – British Thoracic Society (BTS) [English]
• Technical guidance for the respiratory community: Bronchoscopy, pulmonary rehabilitation, guidance for patients receiving long-term ventilation, patients being managed in critical care, patients being seen in community settings, respiratory follow up of patients with a clinico-radiological diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia and safety standards for staff looking after ward patients – BTS [English]
• Guidance for the resumption and continuation of urgent and elective outpatient respiratory services– BTS [English]

Uruguay

• Recommendations to carry out Respiratory Functional Studies during the epidemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID19) – Sociedad Uruguaya de Neumología (SUNEUMO) [Spanish]
• Recommendations of the Chair of Pneumology and the Uruguayan Society of Pneumology. Specific manoeuvres: Bronchoscopy – Sociedad Uruguaya de Neumología (SUNEUMO) [Spanish]

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Worldwide

• Physiotherapy Management for COVID-19 in the Acute Hospital Setting: Recommendations to guide clinical practice – World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) [English]
• Some important recommendations for the management of Covid-19 patients – a collection of documents – Cochrane France, Cochrane Ireland, Cochrane Germany et al. [English]