Documents

TSANZ position papers are current for five years. Obsolete papers are held in the TSANZ Office and are available on request

• Cystic Fibrosis - Standards of Care, Australia 2008
• Physiotherapy for Cystic Fibrosis in Australia: A Consensus Statement
  A project of the Australian Chapter, International Physiotherapy Group for Cystic Fibrosis.
• Ventilatory Support at Home for Children. A Consensus Statement from the Australasian Paediatric Respiratory Group
  A consensus statement by Gillian Nixon, Elizabeth Edwards, David Cooper, Dominic Fitzgerald, Margaret-Anne Harris, James Martin, R John Massie, Sadasivam Suresh, Karen Waters, and Andrew Wilson.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Communicating Prognosis and End-of-Life Issues with Adults in the Advanced Stages of a Life-Limiting Illness, and their Caregivers by Josephine M Clayton, Karen M Hancock, Phyllis N Butow, Martin HN Tattersall, and David C Currow.
  MJA Supplement Volume 186 Number 12.
• Venous Thromboembolism and Air Travel
  A Position Paper Of The Thoracic Society Of Australia And New Zealand
  MCF Pail, DA Campbell & JF Cade
• The Australian Lung Foundation's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Toolkit
• Cough in children: definitions and clinical evaluation
  Position statement by Anne Chang, Lou Landau, Peter Van Asperen, Nicholas Glasgow, Colin Robertson, Julie Marchant and Caig Mellis
• Adult Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy.
  Position statement by Christine McDonald, Alan J Crockett and Iven H Young
• The role of corticosteroids in the management of childhood asthma
  Position Statement by Peter van Asperen, Cairg Mellis, Peter Sly

• Developed by the Australian Lung Foundation and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand as part of a national COPD Program

  • The COPDX Plan: Australian & New Zealand Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  • COPDX: an update of guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a review of recent evidence
• Infection Control Guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting
  Developed by the Australian Govt, Dept of Health and Ageing
• Respiratory function tests and their application
  Position statement by Robert Pierce, David Hillman, Iven Young, Fergal O'Donoghue, Paul Zimmerman, Stephen West and Jonathan Burdon
• Respiratory health effects of cannabis:
  position statement of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
  From DR Taylor & W Hall, Internal Medicine Journal, (2003) Vol 33:310-313, reproduced with permission.
• The work is to be used for the agreed purposes only. The work may not be used for commercial purposes without additional, specific permission to do so.
• Internal Medicine Journal Website
• Summary of Knowledge and Thinking About Asthma and Diving Since 1993
  A discussion paper for the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.
• SARS, Joint Statement,
  Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and TSANZ
• European Respiratory Society's web conference on SARS
• TSANZ Statement regarding Bronchoscopy and SARS
• Fibre-optic bronchoscopy in adults:
  A position paper of The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
• Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
  A position statement of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
• THE DIRECTOR (OR HEAD) OF THE RESPIRATORY FUNCTION LABORATORY
  A position statement of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

• Spirometry Training Courses
  • Position statement of the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science & The Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand
  • Application for ANZSRS Endorsement of Spirometry Training Course

• Accreditation documentation to be submitted in hard copy only
  • Accreditation of Adult Respiratory Function Assessment Services
  • Accreditation of Sleep Disorders Services
  • Accreditation of Paediatric Function Assessment Services
    • Module A: Spirometry
    • Module B: Static Lung Volumes
    • Module C: Bronchial Challenges
    • Module D: Exercise Challenge
    • Module E: Exercise Testing
    • Module F: Skin Prick Testing
    • Module G: Respiratory Muscle Strength
    • Module H: Gas Transfer
    • Module I: Control of Breathing/Breathing Response to Gas Mixes
    • Module J: Simulated Altitude
    • Module K: Infant Lung Function
    • Module L: Preschool Lung Function
    • Module M: Introducing New Technologies
  • Guidelines for Sleep Studies in Adults
• TSANZ Medal Nomination of Dr Kevin E Finucane 1999
  David Hillman

• The Role of the Society and the Use of Knowledge
  TSANZ Society Medal 1999
  K E Finucane

• GUIDELINES FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF CLINICAL RESPIRATORY LABORATORY SCIENTISTS

• Respiratory Function Tests - and their Application
  R J Pierce - Convenor, D Hillman, I H Young, R D McEvoy, P V Zimmerman, S West, J G Burdon
  Currently under revision

• Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control in New Zealand 2003
  OR Click here, then on "Publications", then on "December 2002" & select from the list of documents.

• Management, Control and Prevention of Tuberculosis
  Guidelines for Health Care Providers (2002-2005)
  A Department of Human Services, Vic, publication

• Asthma Management Handbook 2006

• Asthma and the older Australian - What we know and what we need to know
• Spirometer Users' and Buyers' Guide