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April 23, 2012
Asthma Literacy and the Asthma Community

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidelines that were initially published in 1991 were revised in 2007 (National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP). Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3): guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Update on selected topics 2007. Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services; July 2007. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/asthgdln.htm. Accessed March 13, 2012.)

April 23, 2012
If There’s Something Weird and It Doesn’t Look Good

If you sense something spooky is going on in your home, you might want to call the Ghostbusters. But what if there was an invisible carcinogen in your home? Dr. Paul Blanc, FCCP, an Occupational and Environmental Health NetWork member, has posted on his Psychology Today blog about the hazards of radon (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/household-hazards/201112/the-iowa-isnt-in-the-news).

April 23, 2012
Mass Customization of Palliative Care

Dying cannot be scientifically studied since each person dies in his or her own unique way. In my experience, a few “give up the ghost” and die unexpectedly soon after being told of a terminal condition. Others linger way beyond any reasonable medical expectations.

April 23, 2012
Remembering Dr. Goodnight

In her charming southern drawl, Dr. Sheila Goodnight always knew the right thing to say. She had immense empathy for whomever she was talking to, whether it was a medical student, a resident, or a colleague. With these qualities, Dr. Goodnight was a friend, mentor, and guide to countless at the Baylor College of Medicine and within the ACCP community.

April 23, 2012
Simulated Disaster Response Training Gains Global Acceptance: PPE and Beyond

Simulation is starting to play a crucial role in disaster response and critical care education. Previously, 100 diversely trained registrants for the simulation experience at the annual CHEST meeting took a pretest on personal protective equipment (PPE) use and knowledge on chemical disaster agents.

March 19, 2012
Adjunct Mediastinal Pexy in Posttransplant LVRS

Symptomatic native lung hyperinflation occurs in 5% of patients following single lung transplantation for emphysematous disease (Krishman et al. Radiographics. 2007;27[4]957).

March 19, 2012
Business of Medicine Course

Medical practices face great challenges as our health-care environment is undergoing significant changes.

March 19, 2012
Use of Simulation in the Teaching of Community/Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care in the Home

Use of simulation in the training of health-care professionals is emerging as an important adjunct to traditional education models (Gordon. Chest. 2012;141[1]:12).

March 02, 2012
2012 Spring Leadership Meeting

View materials from the 2012 Spring Leadership Meeting.

February 17, 2012
A NetWork Comes of Age

We in the NetWork formerly known as Members in Industry, or MII, have formally broadened our mission to being a place that “offers a clinical research, research ethics, and regulatory issues multidisciplinary discussion forum for all ACCP members interested in these activities.” To represent this mission better, we are excited to announce that the College’s Executive Committee has approved our name change to “Clinical Research NetWork.”

February 17, 2012
Forecast for the New GOLD Grading System: Hazier or Clearer?

COPD is the third leading cause of death, and its mortality is rising . The international committee of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) statement significantly changed the grading system of COPD in 2011. A summary of the major changes and their implications follow.

February 17, 2012
The Year that Was: An Update on Clinical Trials in IPF in 2011

The past year saw the conclusion of several important clinical trials in IPF. There were two notable negative trials.

February 02, 2012
International Pleural Newsletter

International Pleural Newsletter

February 02, 2012
International Pleural Newsletter

International Pleural Newsletter

January 11, 2012
Raising Awareness in a Diverse Population for Better Outcomes

In an era of diversity in health care, the health practices that relate to pregnancy, childrearing, and medically related attitudes of women who identify themselves of Vietnamese origin are not at a level of sensitivity for health-care providers to deliver the best care to this population.

January 11, 2012
Stem Cells in Myocardial Infarction Repair

Mechanism of restoration of cardiac function after stem cell transplantation remains unclear.

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.
To download a presentation, please click on the NetWork name.

November 28, 2011
NetWork Special Presentations From CHEST 2011

All presentations are in read-only PDF format. Printing is restricted. To download a presentation to your computer, click on the presentation title.

October 25, 2011
Review Session Information Before Submitting Sessions for CHEST 2012

Over the course of the past year, the Critical Care Network steering committee has spent much time and energy reviewing and revising the areas captured under the heading of "Critical Care" in the ACCP education curriculum.

October 14, 2011
Exercise and Pulmonary Hypertension

The role of exercise in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has evolved.

October 14, 2011
New Role for the Affiliate NetWork

At its June meeting, the ACCP Board of Regents approved a recommendation to evolve the Affiliate NetWork into a standing committee of the ACCP.

October 14, 2011
Saturation in Portable Oxygen Concentrators

AG is a 75-year-old woman diagnosed with COPD 2 years earlier. Her room air oxygen saturation is 90% to 91% at rest. Treadmill oxygen titration revealed desaturation below 88%. She was prescribed 3 L via nasal cannula with saturation increasing to 98% at rest and 92% with exercise.

October 14, 2011
The Evolution of Interventional Pulmonology

What began as rigid bronchoscopy over 50 years ago has been transformed into interventional pulmonology (IP) this century.

September 20, 2011
Bioengineering Lungs for Transplantation

Lung transplantation, at one time, seemed like science fiction, but innovations in surgical technique and immunosuppression made it clinical reality. Limited supply of donor lungs and the vagaries of immunosuppression still limit its success.