Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Güell-Rous, M Rosa; Diez-Betoret, J L.

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):57-60, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d25654

The efficacy and benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs are clear, particularly for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, and the consequent reduction in health care costs is evident. However, findings indicate that the implementation of such therapy still has a long way to go.

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Lalloo, Umesh G.; Nyamande, Kennedy

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):61-65, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d266d6

An empiric approach to diagnosis and management of CAP is complicated in regions with high HIV prevalence and TB incidence. This review discusses the dilemmas facing clinicians in these settings.

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Li, Howard; Groshong, Steven D.; Lynch, David; Brown, Kevin K.; Frankel, Stephen K.

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):66-74, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d2a1d6

The eosinophilic lung diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the presence of pulmonary impairment in the setting of elevated numbers of eosinophils in the peripheral blood and/or lung tissue. This review focuses on the typical presenting clinical manifestations, general diagnostic approach to, and treatment modalities for each of the eosinophilic lung diseases.

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Magret, Monica

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):75-81, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d269aa

In this article, we review the concept of lung trauma, focusing on lung contusion and injury of the major bronchi. We expose the mechanism of injury, pathophysiology and associated injury that help to understand its management and treatment.

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Caille, Vincent; Charron, Cyril; Vieillard-Baron, Antoine

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):82-87, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d26567

This review reiterates the importance of analyzing right ventricular (RV) function in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Whereas RV function must be evaluated using the pulmonary artery catheter, the most valuable tool is echocardiography by a transthoracic or transesophageal route. Any RV dysfunction prompts us to decrease plateau pressure, to limit PEEP, to decrease hypercapnia by reducing instrumental dead space and to consider prone positioning. All are proven to be RV protective.

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Riedl, Marc; Rumbak, Mark

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):88-95, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d26d83

Primary immune deficiency diseases (PIDD) are more than 100 inherited immune system disorders that leave patients susceptible to severe, recurrent, and persistent infections. Many clinical features of PIDD resemble symptoms of more common infectious diseases such as sinusitis, otitis, bronchitis, or pneumonia, so patients are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Because sinopulmonary infections are common with PIDD, pulmonologists have a critically important position in the accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of patients with PIDD.

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Kasirye, Yusaf; Islam, Tasbirul

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):103-104, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d0c45f

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Miller, Mary E.; Coates, Alison M.; Halepota, Maqbool A.; Kovalsky, Eric R.; Passalaqua, Susan; Gotway, Michael B.; Korn, Ronald L.

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):106-108, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d139ab

PET-CT imaging of giant cell carcinoma of lung initially shows hypermetabolic activity that decreases and subsequently resolves following anti-neoplastic therapy.

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Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 17(2):109, March 2010.

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181d35a65