British Thoracic Society guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease

• Published in: BMJ Open Respiratory Research Vol. 7; no. 1; p. e000489
• Main Authors: Smith, David, Du Rand, Ingrid A, Addy, Charlotte, Collyns, Timothy, Hart, Simon, Mitchelmore, Philip, Rahman, Najib, Saggu, Ravijyot
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 23-04-2020; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Asthma; Best practice; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Disease management; Family physicians; Humans; Infections; Long term health care; Macrolides - administration & dosage; Macrolides - adverse effects; Macrolides - therapeutic use; Pneumonia; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Primary care; Quality of care; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory Infection; Respiratory Tract Diseases - drug therapy; Societies, Medical; Time Factors; United Kingdom; United Kingdom; respiratory infection
• ISSN: 2052-4439; 2052-4439
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000489

The full British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease is published in Thorax. The following is a summary of the recommendations and good practice points. The sections referred to in the summary refer to the full guideline. The appendices are available in the full guideline and online appendices are available on the BTS website. This is the first BTS guideline to use the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach as part of the process of guideline development and the guideline was used to pilot the new methodology.