Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchiectasis in adults

Summary of changes

Addition

  • Added physical examination to test for diagnosis
  • Added calcium and Vit D supplements if using oral corticosteroids for more than 2 weeks
  • Treat rather than test for strongyloidiasis if ongoing immununosuppression
  • Updated section on Spirometry in order to align with COPD-X study and spirometry training tool instruction

Other

  • Renamed COPD and bronchiectasis in adults

Primary references

  1. Chang AB, Bell SC, Torzillo PJ, King PT, Maguire GP, Byrnes CA, Holland AE, O'Mara P and Grimwood K (2015) 'Chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children and adults in Australia and New Zealand Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand guidelines', Medical Journal of Australia, 202(3):130, doi:10.5694/mjac14.00287

  2. Expert Group for Respiratory, version 6 (2020) Bronchiectasis, Therapeutic Guidelines, accessed 15 April 2022.

  3. McMullin MF (2016) 'Investigation and Management of Erythrocytosis', Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports, 11(5):342-7, doi:10.1007/s11899-016-0334-1

  4. National Asthma Council Australia (2020) The Spirometry Handbook for primary care, National Asthma Council Australia, Melbourne, accessed 15 April 2021.

  5. Yang IA, Dabscheck E, George J, Jenkins S, McDonald CF, McDonald V, Smith B and Zwar N (2021) The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Full COPD-X guidelines, accessed 4 April 2022.

Indigenous/remote context references

  1. Benn E, Wirth H, Short T, Howarth T and Heraganahally SS (2021) 'The Top End Sleepiness Scale (TESS): A New Tool to Assess Subjective Daytime Sleepiness Among Indigenous Australian Adults', Nature and Science of Sleep, 13:315-328, doi:10.2147/NSS.S298409

  2. Heraganahally SS, Howarth T, White E, Sorger L, Biancardi E and Ben Saad H (2021) 'Lung function parameters among Australian Aboriginal 'apparently healthy' adults: an Australian Caucasian and Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI-2012) various ethnic norms comparative study', Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 15(6):833-843, doi:10.1080/17476348.2021.1847649

  3. Mehra S, Chang AB, Lam CK, Campbell S, Mingi JJ, Thomas I, Harwood S, Maguire G and Heraganahally S (2021) 'Bronchiectasis among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in the regional and remote population of the Northern Territory of Australia', Rural and Remote Health, 21(2):6390, doi:10.22605/RRH6390