PCCU Volume 21 (published calendar year 2007)

If you wish to comment on any of the PCCU lessons below, please submit your comments/questions to pccu@chestnet.org.

NOTE: The CME web site will be unavailable for several months while we upgrade our system. We will be unable to process any new CME credits for PCCU until the upgrade is complete. Therefore, if possible, we are asking that you refrain from claiming new CME credit until that time. If you have an urgent need to have your credit processed sooner, please email CME@chestnet.org with your ACCP ID number, and the Volume number and Lesson number of the credit you wish to claim and the CME Administrator will assist you.

Lessons 1 and 2

Sleep and Respiratory Disorders: A Two-Way Street
By Conrad Iber, MD, FCCP

Rapid Response Systems: Bringing Critical Care Medicine Out of the ICU
By Ruth M. Fanning; and Geoffrey K. Lighthall, MD, PhD

Lessons 3 and 4

Interpreting Arterial Blood Gases
By Edward. M. Canham, MD, FCCP; and David A. Beuther, MD, FCCP

Portable Monitoring in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome
By Michael R. Littner, MD, FCCP

Lessons 5 and 6

Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Disease: B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, Troponins, and Creatine Phosphokinase
By Tracy Y. Wang, MD, MS, and L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS

Performing Pulmonary Function Tests: Technical Pearls and Pitfalls
By Ganesh Krishna, MD, FCCP, and Rajinder K. Chitkara, MD, FCCPP

Lessons 7 and 8

Vitamins and Dietary Cofactors in Lung Health and Disease
By Renee D. Stapleton, MD

Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome
By M. Safwan Badr, MD, FCCP

Lessons 9 and 10

Evolving Concepts in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
By John R. McArdle, MD, FCCP; and Terence K. Trow, MD, FCCP

Toxin-Related Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
By Walter H. Mullen, PharmD

Lessons 11 and 12

Taking a Targeted Environmental Respiratory History
By Paul D. Blanc, MD, FCCP

Primary and Acquired Pulmonary Arterial Venous Malformations
By Michael J. Krowka, MD, FCCP

Lessons 13 and 14

Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade in the ICU
By Kathleen Akgun, MD; and Mark D. Siegel, MD, FCCP

Lessons From Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Preparing for the Next Epidemic
By James C. Ho, MBBS, FCCP; and Kenneth W. Tsang, MD

Lessons 15 and 16

A New Classification for Pleural Effusions After CABG Surgery
By Jay T. Heidecker, MD

Bacteria in Acute Exacerbations and in Stable COPD
By Sanjay Sethi, MD

Lessons 17 and 18

Diagnosis and Treatment of Insomnia
By Ruth M. Benca, MD, PhD; and Samuel L. Friedlander, MD

Exhaled Nitric Oxide: Ready for Prime Time
By Alp Umar, MD; John M. Hayden, PhD; and Richard A. Robbins, MD, FCCP

Lessons 19 and 20

Antinuclear Antibody Testing of Systemic Autoimmune Disease
By Janine Evans, MD

Pulmonary Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
By Brian R. Zeno, MD

Lessons 21 and 22

Pulmonary Complications of Blast Injury
By Eran Segal, MD; and Reuven Pizov, MD

High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Prevention and Treatment
By Andrew M. Luks, MD; and Erik R. Swenson, MD

Lessons 23 and 24

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
By John G. Park, MD, FCCP

Anemia in Critical Care: To Transfuse or Not To Transfuse?
By Paul E. Marik, MD, FCCP