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October 07, 2011
Mechanical Ventilation Certificate of Completion

The ACCP Mechanical Ventilation Program Certificate of Completion provides learners with hands-on experience troubleshooting mechanical ventilation, describing basic features of positive pressure breathing, exploiting ventilator graphics using equation of motion, and identifying key determinants of ventilator-induced lung injury. Become an expert at determining conventional settings for treating acute respiratory failure, as well as integrating new strategies for providing life support while simultaneously protecting the lung. Participants may choose to take individual courses, but an ACCP Certificate of Completion is awarded only to those who meet the performance, proficiency, or passing standard of the assessments.

April 29, 2010
Chest Infections NetWork Puzzler

An 18-year-old healthy man presented to the ED with several days of sore throat and fever.

April 14, 2010
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March 08, 2010
CHEST 2010
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February 23, 2010
ACCP-SEEK App for iPhone/iPod Touch Updated With Pulmonary and Critical Care Content

Have you been waiting for the ACCP-SEEK app to include pulmonary and critical care questions? Well, the new version is now available in iTunes and contains 400 more questions!

December 23, 2009
Physician Quick Ref Guide- Parapneumonic Effusions
December 22, 2009
Book: 75th CHEST Commemorative Edition
December 22, 2009
Coding for Chest Medicine 2010
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Vol 18: Critical Care Med 2008
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Volume 16: Critical Care Medicine 2006
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Volume 17: Pulmonary Med 2007
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Volume 19: Pulmonary Medicine 2009
December 21, 2009
ACCP-SEEK Sleep Medicine First Edition 2008
December 21, 2009
Best of SEEK CD ROM - Critical Care 2005
December 21, 2009
Best of SEEK CD ROM - Pulmonary 2005
November 25, 2009
Pulmonary Medicine Board Review

Save the date. More information coming soon.

November 03, 2008
Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Take advantage of this unique educational program offered by the ACCP. Each month, a distinguished editorial board of expert clinicians will provide two lessons, featuring timely, concise, diagnostic information on current pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine issues. Earn up to 24.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. One (1) credit will be awarded for each completed lesson.

May 01, 2005
Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Home

The number of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who are being treated at home is increasing for a variety of reasons. These reasons include the increased availability and cost considerations of oral antibiotics that have been shown to be effective, as well as the consideration of patient and family preferences. However, there is still considerable variability in strategies for the management of patients with CAP.

April 01, 2000
Systemic Review: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is difficult to diagnose, and the precise role of invasive testing is controversial. Confronted with a changing clinical or radiographic setting demanding specific therapy, clinicians increasingly use invasive testing to supplement their clinical judgment. Invasive techniques include the protected-specimen brush (PSB) technique and BAL.

November 01, 1995
Institutional control measures for tuberculosis in the era of multiple drug resistance: ACCP/ATS Consensus Conference

American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society. Institutional control measures for tuberculosis in the era of multiple drug resistance: ACCP/ATS Consensus Conference