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January 11, 2012
The Challenge of Applied Medical Informatics for the Chest Physician

Applied medical informatics (AMI) is an emerging field that is evolving at a rapid pace. While medical informatics encompasses a myriad of disciplines, the basic understanding of AMI for most chest physicians remains “the science of processing information/data for storage and retrieval.”

November 30, 2011
CHEST 2011 Network e-presentations

All presentations are in pdf format.
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November 28, 2011
NetWork Special Presentations From CHEST 2011

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June 16, 2011
Pregnancy and the Lung

Pregnant women are prone not only to common pulmonary diseases but also diseases specific to pregnancy, eg, tocolysis-induced pulmonary edema, amniotic fluid embolism, and gestational trophoblastic neoplasms. Carrying a developing fetus poses additional challenges and restricts pharmacologic considerations.

April 05, 2011
Clinical Pulmonary Medicine NetWork Puzzler - March 2011

A 64 year-old man with a history of cardiac coronary bypass surgery 1 month ago has hemoptysis. His symptoms started 1 day prior, and he described these symptoms as bright red blood clots, brought up with cough, which was also recent.

February 24, 2011
COPD Alliance

Since its launch in October 2010, the COPD Alliance, which includes the ACCP, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Physician Assistants, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and American College of Osteopathic Internists, has been very active in reaching out to its member organizations representing more than 300,000 clinicians.

December 29, 2010
Mini-Session Slide Kits from CHEST 2010

Take advantage of these mini-session slide kits, originally developed for use in the self-study library at CHEST 2010. Each mini-session features an executive summary, a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation on the topic, and references to cited literature.

December 21, 2010
Recognizing Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) has been defined as obesity (BMI >30) associated with hypoventilation (awake arterial carbon dioxide tension [Paco2] > 45) not attributed to other obvious causes, such as hypothyroidism, kyphoscoliosis, or severe COPD.

December 20, 2010
NetWork Special Presentations from CHEST 2010

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April 13, 2010
Pulmonary and Critical Care Pearls - CHEST Collection

Manuscripts for this section of CHEST are designed to present an unusual case, pose a question about the diagnosis, and reveal the final diagnosis.

March 09, 2010
NetWork Special Presentations from CHEST 2009
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November 01, 2008
NetWork Special Presentations from CHEST 2008
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November 01, 2007
NetWork Special Presentations from CHEST 2007
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January 01, 2006
Shortness of Breath

Why do I have shortness of breath?

February 01, 2001
Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Objective: Provide explicit expert-based consensus recommendations for the management of adults with primary and secondary spontaneous pneumothoraces in an emergency department and inpatient hospital setting. The use of opinion was made explicit by employing a structured questionnaire, appropriateness scores, and consensus scores with a Delphi technique. The guideline was designed to be relevant to physicians who make management decisions for the care of patients with pneumothorax.