Acute Bronchitis
•Diagnosis and Management of Acute Bronchitits - AFP - May 15, 2002
•Should We Prescribe Antibiotics for Acute Bronchitis? - AFP - July 1, 2001
•Priciples of Appropriate Antibiotic Use: Part V. Acute Bronchitis - AFP - September 15, 2001
•Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults: Background, Specific Aims, and Methods - CDC Position Paper - Annals of Internal Medicine - March 20, 2001

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Asthma
General Information
•Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
•Asthma Control Test - know your asthma score
•Evaluating and Treating Asthma - Emergency Medicine - April , 2005
•Asthma Update: Part I. Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Prevention of Disease Progression - AFP - September 1, 2004
•Asthma Update: Part II. Medical Management - AFP - September 1, 2004
•NAEPP Updates Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma - AFP - July 1,2004
•The 'Crashing Asthmatic' - AFP - March 1, 2003
•Recognition and Management of Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm - AFP - February 15, 2003
•Developing and Communicating a Long-Term Treatment Plan for Asthma - AFP - April 15, 2000
•Work-Related Asthma - AFP - December 1, 2001
•All That Wheezes Is Not Asthma: Diagnosing the Mimics - Emergency Medicine - November, 2001
Asthma Guidelines
•National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Guidelines - 1997
•National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Guidelines - Update 2002
Pediatric Asthma
•Childhood Asthma: Treatment Update - AFP - May 15, 2005
•Management of Asthma in Children - AFP - April 1, 2001
•Do Children with Acute Asthma Benefit More from Anticholinergics and Beta2 Agonists than from Beta2 Agonists Alone? - AFP - August 1, 2002

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
•Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnostic Considerations - AFP - February 15, 2006
•Using COPD Guidelines to Improve Patient Care - AFP - February 15, 2006
•Tiotropium Effective in Treatment of COPD - AFP - December 1, 2005
•Home Oxygen Therapy for Treatment of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - AFP - September 1, 2004
•Salmeterol and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with COPD - AFP - February 1, 2004
•Clinical Evidence: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - AFP - September 1, 2002
•COPD: Management of Acute Exacerbations and Chronic Stable Disease - AFP - August 15, 2001

•The Global Initiative for COPD

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea
•Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated with Leg Edema - AFP - February 15, 2006

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Pleural Effusion
•Diagnostic Approach to Pleural Effusion in Adults - AFP - April 1, 2006

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Pulmonary Function Tests
•An Approach to Interpreting Spirometry - AFP - March 1, 2004

Pulmonary Hypertension
•Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension - AFP - May 1, 2001
•Pulmonary Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment - AFP - July 15, 2001
•Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension - AFP - December 1999

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Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
•Corticosteroids for Pulmonary Sarcoidosis - AFP - November 1, 2005

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Websites
•American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
•American Lung Association (ALA)
•American Thoracic Society (ATS)
•National Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP)
•World Health Organization and the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)

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