
Access Pulmonary Perspectives,
the quarterly scientific publication of the American College
of Chest Physicians. Edited by Deborah Shure, MD, Master FCCP,
and Deputy Editor, Aymarah Robles, MD, FCCP, Pulmonary Perspectives highlights three topics
each month dealing with contemporary issues in pulmonary medicine.
Each topic is followed by short commentary from Dr. Shure or
Dr. Robles.
December 2005
"Sleep Apnea and Public Health"; "Lung Cancer in US Minorities"; "A New Look at Endocrinopathy of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock"
October 2005
"Update on CT Screening and Nodule Evaluation"; "Cystic Fibrosis: All Grown Up"; "Tracheobronchomalacia and Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse: Novel Diagnostic Tools Clarify the Issues"
June 2005
"Primary Pulmonary
Hypertension: An Update
on Therapy "; "Evidence-Based Review of Noninvasive Mechanical
Ventilation in the ICU"; "Disaster Preparedness: What
Physicians Need To Know"
March 2005
"Treating Lower Respiratory
Tract Infections: A Risky
Business?"; "Antibiotic Resistance in
the ICU: Changing Current
Practices To Improve
Antibiotic Use"; "Safety of New Therapeutics
and Rofecoxib Withdrawal:
A Lesson for the Future"
December
2004
"Tobacco and HIV Infection"; "Improving the Early Recognition
of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis"; "Sex, Gender, and Respiratory Health
and Disease"
September
2004
"Virtual Bronchoscopy: Impact of the Digital Revolution"; "Endobronchial
Therapy: Flexible Options"; "Vena Caval Filters: What Do We Really
Know?"
June 2004
"How To Increase the Accuracy of the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis"; "Improving
How We Manage Thromboembolism"; "Targeting Comprehensive Outcomes in
Intensive Care and Beyond: A Holistic Paradigm"
March
2004
"Overcoming Limitations to Lung Transplant Donation"; "CHF or
COPD? Can BNP Decide?"; "Compassion Fatigue in Patient Care"
December
2003
"The New Generation of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs: Can We Stop Them?"; "Severe
Asthma: What, Who, and Why"; "The Alveolar Epithelial Barrier: A Brief
Clinical View"
September
2003
"SARS - An Agatha Christie Novel"; "Microsampling: A New Method
To Collect Pulmonary Epithelial Lining Fluid"; "Treatment of Asthma
in the Emergency Department and in the Hospital"
June 2003
"SARS - An Agatha Christie Novel"; "Microsampling: A New Method
To Collect Pulmonary Epithelial Lining Fluid"; "Treatment of Asthma
in the Emergency Department and in the Hospital"
March
2003
"Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment Plateau and the Promise
of Targeted Therapy"; "Pulmonary Hypertension and Liver Transplantation"; "Interventional
Bronchoscopy in Underserved Populations: Defining a Role"
December 2002
Topics: "Terminal Extubation"; "Global Warming and Health: Do
We Need To Worry?"
September
2002
Topics: "Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Major Lung Resection: A Big
Leap Forward or a Small Sidestep?"; "Progressing From Low Incidence
to Elimination of Tuberculosis"; "Surfactant Supplementation in the
Lung"
June 2002
Topics: "Antibiotic Therapy in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis:
Part 2. The Antibiotics"; "Clinical Interpretation of Cardiopulmonary
Exercize Testing: Pitfalls and Controversies"; and "HAART and Evolving
Pulmonary Manifestations of HIV." |