A 55-year-old Caucasian woman with scleroderma presented to the hospital in February 2009 with severe dyspnea. She felt well until 1 week prior, when she developed fevers, chills, and an intermittent dry cough.
Momen M. Wahidi, MD, MBA, FCCP, and colleagues conducted the first prospective multicenter study of performance-based metrics and educational interventions in the learning of bronchoscopy by pulmonary fellows.
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.
The US Food and Drug Administration wants to alert you that, on April 23, 2010, Covidien initiated a voluntary recall of certain lots of its cuffed Shiley™ tracheostomy tubes and custom/specialty tracheostomy tubes.
Member experts from the Airways Disorders NetWork participated in a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) teleconference titled, “Asthma and COPD Inhalers That Contain Ozone-Depleting CFCs” on April 13, 2010.
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A 70-year-old woman complained of urinary incontinence precipitated by coughing and sneezing. Her only other active medical problems were hypertension and osteoarthritis. She exercised regularly, typically cycling 16 miles daily.
A 68–year–old man previously diagnosed with a "heart-murmur," but otherwise considered healthy, was transferred to our hospital with a 3–day history of fever, back pain and confusion.