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PCCU Volume 23 (published calendar year 2009)

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Lessons 1 and 2

Management of Pulmonary Complications in the Patient With Cystic Fibrosis
By Patrick A. Flume, MD, FCCP

Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
By Meredith E. Pugh, MD; and James E. Loyd, MD

Lessons 3 and 4

Cognitive and Functional Outcomes After ICU Admission
By Ramona O. Hopkins, PhD; and James C. Jackson, PsyD

Noninfectious Pulmonary Diseases in HIV
By Kristina Crothers, MD; Laurence Huang, MD, MAS; and Alison Morris, MD, MS

Lessons 5 and 6

Smokeless Tobacco: Health Effects
By Karl Olov Fagerström, PhD

21st Century Agricultural Respiratory Hazards
By Jane Hoppin, ScD

Lessons 7 and 8

Asthma Treatment: Step-Down and As-Needed Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids
By Paul M. O’Byrne, MBBCh, FCCP

Managing the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
By Margaret A. Miller, MD; and Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP

Lessons 9 and 10

World Health Organization Groups II and III Pulmonary Hypertension: When and How To Treat
By Terence K. Trow, MD, FCCP; Ray Foley, DO, FCCP; and James Klinger, MD, FCCP

An Introduction to Pleural Ultrasonography for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician
By Paul H. Mayo, MD, FCCP; and Peter Doelken, MD, FCCP

Lessons 11 and 12

The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Dyspnea
By James Hallenbeck, MD

Use of the 6-Min Walk Test: A Pro and Con Review
By Daniel R. Smith, MD, FCCP

Lessons 13 and 14

Work-Exacerbated Asthma
By Paul K. Henneberger, MPH, ScD

Drug-Resistant TB
By Julie M. Jarand, MD; and Michael D. Iseman, MD, FCCP

Lessons 15 and 16

Pleurodesis for Malignant Pleural Effusion: The Optimal Agent and Methodology
By Marc M. P. Noppen, MD, PhD, FCCP

α1-Antitrypsin Augmentation: Approaches and Benefits
By Robert A. Sandhaus, MD, PhD, FCCP

Lessons 17 and 18

Interventional Pulmonology
By Harman S. Paintal, MBBS; Jürgen Hetzel, MD; and Ganesh Krishna, MD, FCCP

Sepsis: Definitions, Epidemiology, Etiology, and Pathogenesis
By Jonathan M. Siner, MD

Lessons 19 and 20

Shared Decision Making in Patients With Pulmonary Nodules
By Michael K. Gould, MD, MS, FCCP; and
Renda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH

Antiinflammatory Therapy in COPD
By Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP; and Mario Cazzola, MD, FCCP

Lessons 21 and 22

Emerging Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases
By Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH, FCCP

Therapeutic Hypothermia
By Peter S. Marshall, MD, MPH; and Mark D. Siegel, MD, FCCP