COPD Guidelines, COPD Resources and COPD clinical trials info

COPD Guidelines and other COPD Resources

This page provides links to COPD clinical guidelines and other useful COPD resources including clinical trials, COPD evidence-based medicine, journals and organisations with information for both healthcare professionals and patients with COPD.

COPD guidelines

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): http://goldcopd.com/
National Guideline Clearinghouse:  http://www.guideline.gov
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance: http://guidance.nice.org.uk/
Pulmonary rehabilitation:   http://www.chestnet.org

COPD clinical trials

AstraZeneca Clinical Trials   http://www.astrazenecaclinicaltrials.com
Center Watch     http://www.centerwatch.com
Clinical Trials (gov)    http://clinicaltrials.gov
Clinical Trials Doctor    http://clinicaltrialdoctors.com

COPD evidence-based medicine

Clinical Trials Service Unit   http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk
Cochrane Collaboration    http://www.cochrane.org
James Lind Library    http://www.jameslindlibrary.org
Current Controlled Trials   http://www.controlled-trials.com

General scientific journals

Advance for Respiratory Care Practitioners http://www.advanceforrcp.com
Allergy http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0105-4538&site=1
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/
BMC (BioMed Central) Pulmonary Medicine http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpulmmed/
British Medical Journal    http://www.bmj.com
Canadian Medical Association Journal  http://www.cma.ca
Chest     http://www.chestjournal.org/
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine    http://www.degruyter.de/journals/cclm/
COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713597242
European Respiratory Journal  http://www.erj.ersjournals.com/
International Journal of Clinical Practice http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1368-5031&site=1
International Journal of Chronic  Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
http://www.dovepress.com/international-journal-of-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-journal
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymai
Journal COPD management.com http://journalcopdmanagement.com/
Journal of the American Medical Association   http://jama.ama-assn.org
Lancet      http://www.thelancet.com
New England Journal of Medicine   http://content.nejm.org
Respiratory Care    http://www.rcjournal.com/
Respiratory Medicine
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/623069/description#description
Respiratory Research   http://respiratory-research.com/
The Clinical Respiratory Journal 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1752-6981
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease http://tar.sagepub.com/
Thorax     http://thorax.bmj.com/

Organisations with information for the healthcare professional and the COPD patient

American Thoracic Society   http://thoracic.org
British Thoracic Society    http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/
Drug Information Association   http://www.diahome.org
European Institute for Health Care  http://www.euihc.eu/
European Respiratory Society   http://www.ersnet.org
European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients Association http://www.efanet.org/