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Associations
American
Lung Association
Australian Lung Foundation (Lung Net)
The Canadian Lung Association
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ARDS
ARDS Support
Center
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
(eMed, Todd Rothenhaus, MD)
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
(eMed, Steven A. Conrad, MD PhD)
ARDS Foundation of Illinois
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Breathing Related
Handbook
of Nasal Disease - TM Davidson, MD
Tips for Better Breathing
The
Importance of Proper Breathing Techniques
Obstructive
Sleep Apnea includes self test! (Am Fam Phys Dec 99)
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Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis:
the 'other' obstructive lung disease (CME)
Bronchiectasis
- MedFacts from Nat'l Jewish Research
Cough
An
Office Approach to the Diagnosis of Chronic Cough (AAFP)
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COPD
(Chronic Bronchitis & Emphysema)
COPD
Guide from Family Practice (Click on "Reference
Guides" in left column for listing)
National Emphysema Foundation
CopdCanada - by patients for
patients, with emphasis on Canadian health perspective
Living With COPD - written by patients
for patients
Every Breath You Take -
Preventing and Treating Emphysema (FDA Consumer Magazine)
Chronic Bronchitis: Primary Care
Management (American Family Physician, May 15, 1998)
Taking Care of Chronic Bronchitis
(AAFP Patient Handout)
Diagnostic Evaluation of Dyspnea
(American Family Physician, Feb 15, 1998))
Respiratory
Disturbances at night in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic-L
- Cystic Fibrosis information and support
Disability
Information
Listing of Impairments for Social
Security Disability - Eligibility Criteria
Drugs / Medications
Drug Induced Lung
Diseases
Common allergic and
allergic-like reactions to medications (March 1999 Postgrad
Medicine)
The Effects of Drugs on Laboratory
Values
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End-of-Life
Issues
Dying Well - Resources for people facing life-limiting illness,
their families, and their professional caregivers
Growth House, Inc.
Last Acts
Exercising With
Chronic Lung Disease
Exercise:
A Guide from the National Institute on Aging & NASA -
illustrated
Exercising for People With
Breathing Problems
Starting An Exercise Program
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Interstitial Lung
Disease / Pulmonary Fibrosis
more IPF/ILD-links
Acute
Interstitial Pneumonia (aka Hamman
Rich Syndrome) (CME)
Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis
Patients'
Handbook on Interstitial Lung Disease fm Virtual Hospital
The
Challenge of Interstitial Lung Disease - Kevin Brown, MD
Facts About Pulmonary
Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease - Amer Lung Assn
Hypersensitivity
Pneumonitis (AKA extrinsic allergic alveolitis)
(CME)
Respiratory
Disorders caused by Farm Exposures (CME)
Quality of life of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients
- Eur Respir J 2001; 17:954-961
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Journals
/On-line Publications
American Family
Physician
Current
Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
British Medical Journal
Journal of Clinical Investigation
The Lancet Interactive
New England Journal of Medicine
Medical Journal of
Australia
Postgraduate Medicine On-Line
Pulmonary
Reviews /
Respiratory
Reviews
TTMed ( Timely Topics in Medicine)-Respiratory
- Your Complete Respiratory Portal used by specialist physicians, general
practitioners, students and patients to stay abreast of the latest
advances in the respiratory field.
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Lung Cancer
The
Lung Cancer Manual (Complete
On-line book or order hardbound copy)
Lung
Cancer Org
Lung Transplantation
International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung
Transplant Candidates
Single lung transplant for emphysema:
distant complications
Roger Stevens' (Double Lung
Transplant Recipient)
Home Page
New Lungs - Q&A on every aspect of
transplantation
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS)
Lung
Volume Reduction Surgery
Surgery for severe COPD
-Lung volume reduction and lung transplantation
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Medical Education
Medscape
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis
& Therapy - 17th Edition
e-Medicine
PILOT - IPF Diagnosis, Treatment and
Management Information
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Occupational Lung
Disease
Environmental
and Occupational Lung Diseases - Dr Gary Epler
Occupational Respiratory Diseases:
Your Workplace and Your Lungs (AAFP patient info)
Osteoporosis
Steroid Induced
Osteoporosis - Postgraduate Medicine
Prevention of Osteoporosis and
Fractures (Am Fam Phys)
Boning Up on
Osteoporosis - FDA Consumer Publication
Oxygen Issues
Long-term
oxygen therapy for COPD - Improving longevity and quality of life in
hypoxemic patients
(Postgrad Med)
Portable
Oxygen: A User's Perspective
Living With Supplemental Oxygen
- a patient's perspective
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Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax,
Iatrogenic,
Spontaneous and Pneumomediastinum (eMed)
Pneumothorax (Fred
Bove, MD,
PhD)
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
QUICK
REFERENCE - Systematic Evaluation of PFTs - J. Ferrante, MD
Pulmonary Function Tests & Their
Interpretations
Interpretation
of Pulmonary Function Tests: Spirometry
Respiratory Function Tests - and their
Application - Australian Thoracic Org- pdf
Pulmonary Rehab
COPD
Patient's Guide To Pulmonary Rehab - (ACCP)
Pulmonary
Rehabilitation for COPD - BR Celli, MD
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Sarcoidosis
Ocular
Involvement in Sarcoidosis - Handbook of Ocular Disease Management
Pulmonology -
Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis: A Primary Care Review
You Have Sarcoidosis: What Does
This Mean to You?
Support Sites
Aspergillus
Patient Website
(Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis)
Alpha1 Assn - (Inherited emphysema)
EFFORTS - Emphysema/COPD Activist
& Support List
PH Association (Pulmonary
Hypertension)
Second Wind Lung Transplant Assn, Inc
Wegener's Granulomatosis Support Group, Inc.
and
Wegener's Granulomatosis - UK
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Rare Conditions & Syndromes
see Patient
Support for additional conditions
ATRA
Syndrome (All-Trans Retinoic Acid) - Abstract from Blood Journal
BOOP (Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia) - Dr Gary Epler
Bronchiolar Airway Disorders and Bronchiolitis
Obiterans (BO) - Dr Gary Epler
LAM Foundation
(Lymphangioleiomyomatosis)
Miscellaneous
Lung Sounds
•The Virtual
Stethoscope Project
McGill Univ (CA)
•Sleep Net
- Everything you wanted to know about sleep disorders but were too tired to
ask
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