Web Links

 

Allergies

• Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation
  www.allergyfoundation.ca

• Allergy & Asthma Network / Mothers of Asthmatics
  www.aanma.org

• Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

       http://csaci.ca/

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  www.aaaai.org

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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

• Alpha-1 Foundation
  www.alphaone.org

• Alpha-1 Canada
  www.alpha1canada.ca

 

Anaphylaxis

• Anaphylaxis Canada
  www.anaphylaxis.org

 

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
  www.bc.lung.ca

• The Canadian Lung Association
  www.lung.ca

• The Asthma Society of Canada
  www.asthma.ca

• The American Lung Association
  www.lungusa.org

• National Jewish Hospital
  www.asthma.nationaljewish.org

• Asthma UK
  www.asthma.org.uk

• Ontario Lung Association/Government of Ontario website for teenagers
  www.teenasthma.ca

 

Bronchoscopy

• Bronchoscopy information for lay people and patients. The site is maintained by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health in the U.S. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003857.htm

 

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

• British Columbia Lung Association
  www.bc.lung.ca/services/services_copd.htm

• Canadian Lung Association Breathworks Program
  www.lung.ca/breathworks

• COPD International
  www.copd-international.com

• The British Lung Foundation
  https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/copd

• Australian and New Zealand COPD Reference Site for Health Professionals
  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.
    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.
    www.respiratorynursingsociety.org

 

LAM (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis)

• The LAM Foundation
  www.thelamfoundation.org

 

Lung Disease

• The ELF Website
  Offers accurate and up-to-date information, reviewed by European Lung Specialists, for patients and caregivers. Provides the latest developments in treating lung diseases.
  www.european-lung-foundation.org

 

Oxygen Therapy

• Vancouver Coastal Health Home Oxygen Program
  A brochure for patients on home oxygen

       http://www.vch.ca/Documents/Home-Oxygen-Program-Brochure.pdf

• Oxygen Therapy eyewear
  www.oxyview.com

 

PCD (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia)

• PCD Foundation
  www.pcdfoundation.org

 

Pulmonary Fibrosis

• Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis
  www.coalitionforpf.org

 

Pulmonary Hypertension

• The B.C. Pulmonary Hypertension Society
  www.bcphs.org

• The Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada

       www.phacanada.ca/

• Pulmonary Hypertension Association (American)
  www.phassociation.org

• Living with Pulmonary Hypertension
  www.livingwithph.ca

 

Sarcoidosis

• The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
  www.stopsarcoidosis.org

 

Sleep

• Vancouver Coastal Health UBC - Sleep Disorders Program
  http://www.vch.ca/Locations-Services/result?res_id=566

• British Sleep Society
  www.sleeping.org.uk

• European Sleep Research Society
  www.esrs.eu

• Stanford Centre For Narcolepsy
  http://med.stanford.edu/narcolepsy.html

• Narcolepsy Association UK
  www.narcolepsy.org.uk

 

Vasculitis

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