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PCCU Volume 18 (published calendar year 2004)

Effective December 31, 2006, PCCU Volume 18 is available for review purposes only. CME credit for this volume is no longer being offered.
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Lessons 1 and 2

Work-Related COPD
By John R. Balmes, MD, FCCP

Emerging Occupational Lung Disorders
By Kathleen Kreiss, MD

Lessons 3 and 4

Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease
By Fernando J. Martinez MD, MS; and Kevin R. Flaherty, MD, MS

Timing of Tracheotomy and the Comparison of Surgical vs Percutaneous Dilational Tracheotomy
By Luis F. Angel, MD, FCCP; and Stephen Im, MD

Lessons 5 and 6

Management of Obstructing Airway Lesions in Patients With Lung Cancer
By Pyng Lee, MD; and Atul C. Mehta, MD, FCCP

Imaging of the Airways in Clinical Management
By Michiaki Mishima, MD, PhD; Akio Niimi, MD, PhD; and Yasutaka Nakano, MD, PhD

Lessons 7 and 8

Reassessing Screening for Early Detection of Bronchogenic Carcinoma
By Deborah Shure, MD, Master FCCP

Treatment of Sleepwalking and the Periodic Limb Movement Disorders
By Wynne Chen, MD; and Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD

Lessons 9 and 10

Advances in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
By Francis X. McCormack, MD; and Lisa Young, MD

Pulmonary Disease Due to Nontuberculous (Environmental) Mycobacteria
By Michael D. Iseman, MD, FCCP

Lessons 11 and 12

Systemic Inflammation in COPD
By Juanita H.J. Vernooy, PhD; and Emiel F.M. Wouters, MD, PhD, FCCP

Interventional Pulmonology
By Carla R. Lamb, MD, FCCP; and John F. Beamis, Jr., MD, FCCP

Lessons 13 and 14

Noncompliance With Medication Regimens and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Asthma
By Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD; and Preethi Guniganti

Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
By James N. Allen, MD, FCCP

Lessons 15 and 16

Tracheostomy: When To Perform, How To Manage, and How To Decannulate
By Michael J. Raggio, MD; and John Conforti, DO

Respiratory Complications of Obesity
By Gulshan Sharma, MD; and Carolyn L. Rochester, MD, FCCP

Lessons 17 and 18

Home Mechanical Ventilation: Tracheostomy Management and Monitoring
By Vinay Maheshwari, MD; Robert Chase, RRT; Nicholas S. Hill, MD

Cirrhosis in the Medical Intensive Care Unit: Management of Variceal Hemorrhage, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Bacterial Peritonitis
By Thomas R. Gildea, MD; and Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD

Lessons 19 and 20

The Pathology of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
By Carol Farver, MD

Cor Pulmonale: The Right Ventricle Is No Longer Obscure
By Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD

Lessons 21 and 22

Diagnosis, Staging, and Posttreatment Surveillance of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: The Role of Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography
By John R. McArdle, MD, FCCP

Mold in Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
By Dee Walker Ford, MD

Lessons 23 and 24

Methacholine Challenge Testing: Indications and Interpretation
By Paul Enright, MD

Lung Transplant Donor: Selection and Management
By Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCP