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: Asthma in children" and "Society guideline links: Asthma in adolescents and adults" and "Society guideline links: Subacute and chronic cough in adults" and "Society guideline links: Bronchiectasis".)
International
●Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Global strategy for asthma management and prevention, update (2022)
Canada
United States
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report – Chronic cough and gastroesophageal reflux in children (2019)
●CHEST: Expert panel report – Chronic cough related to acute viral bronchiolitis in children (2018)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report – Cough due to TB and other chronic infections (2018)
●Choosing Wisely: Cough and cold medicines should not be prescribed, recommended or used for respiratory illnesses in young children (2013, updated 2018)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report – Cough in the athlete (2017)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report – Etiologies of chronic cough in pediatric cohorts (2017)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report – Tools for assessing outcomes in studies of chronic cough (2015)
●CHEST: Guideline and expert panel report – Overview of the management of cough (2014)
Europe
●ERS: Statement on the protracted bacterial bronchitis in children (2017)
●ERS: Expert opinion on the cough hypersensitivity syndrome in respiratory medicine (2014)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on asthma (2013, updated 2018)
●BTS: Guidelines – Recommendations for the assessment and management of cough in children (2008)
Australia-New Zealand