Pulmonary — GINA Asthma & GOLD COPD

Two international consortia maintain the gold-standard asthma and COPD strategy documents. Both are updated annually based on systematic review and are open access.

Asthma — GINA

• Global Initiative for Asthma — Reports landing
• GINA Strategy Report (2026): local PDF · upstream
• GINA Pocket / Summary Guide
• GINA for Children 5 yr & Younger — pediatric chapter within the Strategy Report (local).

Stepwise tracks (current GINA)

• Track 1: ICS-formoterol as both reliever and maintenance (preferred).
• Track 2: SABA reliever + daily ICS-containing controller.
• GINA flowchart — assessment and treatment cycle

Pediatric-specific

• NHLBI 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines (US complement to GINA):
  • Full report — local · upstream
  • Clinician’s Guide — local · upstream
  • NHLBI landing page

COPD — GOLD

• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease — Reports
• GOLD 2024 Report: local PDF · upstream
• GOLD 2024 Pocket Guide: local PDF · upstream
• ABE assessment tool — current refined assessment (replaces ABCD from prior editions).
• BODE Index (MDCalc)

Pediatric pulmonology

• AAP Clinical Practice Guideline: Bronchiolitis (2014)
• AAP CPG: Diagnosis and Management of Childhood OSA (2012)
• CF Foundation Clinical Care Guidelines

Citations: Global Initiative for Asthma. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention, [year]. www.ginasthma.org · Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD, [year]. www.goldcopd.org