Links of Interest for Physicians and Patients
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine-related Societies
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Thoracic Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- American Sleep Apnea Association
- American Association for Respiratory Care
- American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
- American Lung Association
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
- European Respiratory Society ERS
- International Society for Aerosols in Medicine ISAM
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine related Medical Journals
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Blue Journal)
- CHEST
- Critical Care Medicine
- The New England Journal of Medicine
- Critical Care
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
- Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society
- Respiratory Care
Asthma
- Asthma - Am. Lung Assn.
- Children and Asthma - Am. Lung Assn.
- Occupational Asthma - NIOSH's list of occupational asthma links
- Asthma Information - Asthma Information Center (by PharmInfoNet)
COPD
- Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)
- American Thoracic Society - European Respiratory Society: Standards for Diagnosis and Management of Patients with COPD
www.thoracic.org and www.ersnet.org - Canadian Thoracic Society COPD Guidelines
- National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), United Kingdom: Management of COPD in Adults in Primary and Secondary Care
Lung Cancer
Sepsis
- The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Sepsis.com
- National Initiative in Sepsis Education
ARDS
Sleep
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Journal of Sleep
- American Board of Sleep Medicine
- MEDSleep Educational Materials
Smoking
- Tobacco Cessation Continuing Education for Health Professionals
- US Public Health Service
- Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Disease Foundations
- LAM foundation
- Alpha-1 Association
- National Emphysema/COPD Association
- The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
- The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
- National Sleep Foundation
- Histiocytosis Association of America
- The Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Foundation
- American Lung Association
Environmental Health and Safety Information
- DOT's Office of Hazmat Safety - Covers hazmat transportation safety
- MU Environmental Health and Safety - Chemical MSDS's, chemical inventory, safety policies, Radiation Safety Handbook
- NIOSH - Comprehensive, award-winning OSHA site, excellent public-domain brochures, news, training, conferences, hazmat
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Fellow Resources
- Critical Care Medicine Board
- Pulmonary Medicine Board
- Sleep Medicine Board
- Pulmonary Pathology – Pathmax
- George Simon Collection at the London South Bank University
- Loyola University Medical Education Network
- Department of Pathology University of California San Francisco
- Centre for Health Evidence: http://www.cche.net/che/home.asp and http://www.cche.net/usersguides/overview.asp
- Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
- The Cochrane Collaboration
- Pulmonary drug toxicity
- Bronchoscopy
