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April 29, 2010
American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement on the Management of Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Lung or Heart Disease

Background: This consensus statement was developed based on the understanding that patients with advanced lung or heart disease are not being treated consistently and effectively for relief of dyspnea.

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 03, 2009
Statins May Worsen Symptoms in Some Cardiac Patients

(San Diego, CA, November 3, 2009)—Although statins are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients.

June 01, 2009
The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Dyspnea

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.

February 16, 2009
Arm Span-Height Ratio Linked to Respiratory Problems
Arm span is regularly used as an alternative measurement for standing height, when measurement of standing height is not possible. New research from Newcastle University in the United Kingdom suggests that the discrepancy between arm span length and actual standing height may be linked to respiratory problems in the elderly. Researchers evaluated the clinical history, physical examination, arm span, standing height, weight, FEV1 and FVC of 66 patients with a mean age of 71 years.
January 01, 2009
Endobronchial Lung Volume Reduction: A Continued Search for Physiology-Based Therapies

 As COPD continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, the search for safe and effective therapies continues.

April 01, 2008
Checklist Helps Diagnose Type Of Dyspnea

New research from China may help doctors better identify the symptomatic differences between dyspnea and medically unexplained dyspnea (MUD). Differentiating between the two conditions is often difficult; while patients with both dyspnea and MUD present with difficult or labored breathing, only those with dyspnea have cardiopulmonary explanations for their condition. To investigate the descriptors of each condition, researchers administered a symptom checklist to 291 patients, which included 61 spontaneously reported descriptors of dyspnea.

May 01, 2007
Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation has become a standard of care for patients with chronic lung diseases. This document provides a systematic, evidence-based review of the pulmonary rehabilitation literature that updates the 1997 guidelines published by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.