Management Guidelines in Respiratory & Pulmonary Medicine

Asthma Guidelines – Ceylon College of Physicians

Asthma in Kids – Asthma Podiththo

• • Asthma Action Plan

  • Peak Flow chart

  • Asthma Symptom Diary

  • ACT score

  • PACT

  • Does my child have asthma?

Children- National guidelines on respiratory disorders in children

• •  1) Respiratory tract infections & chronic lung diseases

  •  2) Management of childhood asthma

Home oxygen – Establish a standardized mechanism to provide home oxygen for patients with hypoxia (using oxygen concentrators) 2022-11-30

Lower Respiratory Tract Infection – Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

Tuberculosis Guidelines – National Programme of TB and Chest Diseases

National Programme of TB and Chest Diseases

TB Related COVID-19 Guidelines

• • Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of TB Patients at District Level during Current Covid-19 Pandemic Situation

  • Interim guidance – Intermediate TB laboratories, GeneXpert laboratories, and microscopy centers for handling patients’ samples amid the COVID pandemic.

  • Circular on COVID-19 response strategy at District Chest Clinic

Circulars

• • Strengthening of TB Surveillance and Control – 01/29/2011

  • Guidelines for Mantoux Testing 02-102/2013

  • Screening of TB Patients for HIV-AIDS – 2013

  • Tuberculosis Case Revisions 2013

  • Presumptive tuberculosis (TB) circular 01-27/2019 – English

  • Presumptive tuberculosis (TB) circular 01-27/2019 – Sinhala

  • Presumptive tuberculosis (TB) circular 01-27/2019 – Tamil

  • National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Control 2015 – 2020

Guidelines/Treatment Algorithms/SOPs

• • National Guidelines for Management of Tuberculosis in children 2018

  • NPTCCD National TB Control Manual 2016 

  • Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL) Guidelines 2011

  • Management Guidelines of Paediatric TB Sri Lanka 2008

  • Laboratory Manual for TB Control 2010

  • Management Guidelines of TB HIV Co infection in Sri Lanka 2011

  • Counseling for TB Patients and Patients with TB-HIV Co-infection, Their Families and Partners 2011

  • Pilot District Guide and Monitoring Indicators

  • Guideline on using Rifampicin for indications other than Mycobaterial infections – 2017

  • National Guidelines for Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis 2015

  • Revised National Guideline on using WHO recognized rapid molecular diagnostic test (GeneXpert), for diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Sri Lanka

  • Standard Operating Procedures for contact tracing and screening of TB patients

  • Standards for TB Care for GPs and Private Health Care Institutions – 2019

  • National Diagnostic Algorithm for Paediatric Tuberculosis 2020

  • Diagnostic Algorithm for Tuberculosis – 2019

Mantoux  – Guidelines for Mantoux Testing – Mantoux (tuberculin) Testing – Usage of PPD 5 TU solution (Latest Amendment) –  English- 2013  View Latest Amendments – 2014

Publications

• • Ending Tuberculosis and AIDS in Sri Lanka – 2018

  • Index of Research Studies on TB in Sri Lanka 

  • Tuberculosis epidemiological review in Sri Lanka – August 2020

  • Rapid communication on systematic screening for tuberculosis – 2020

  • Mid Term Review of the National TB Programme of Sri Lanka – July 2017

  • End Term Review Report – National TB Programme of Sri Lanka – 2020

  • Gender and Human Rights Barriers in TB – 2020