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Pulmonary Respiratory ResourcesResources related to the patient airway management. Pulmonary links and guidelines. Information on blood gases, COPD and intubation. For more resources
see our Emergency Airway Management page. Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum. An ongoing project of the UI Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases Division, this is a multimedia teaching file intended to illustrate the varieties of pulmonary disease. Each file contains presentation (including images), diagnosis, treatment, references, and questions based on the case. Action-Plan for Airway Problems from Hell! An Approach to the Analysis of Arterial Blood Gases and Acid-Base Disorders Blind Nasal Endotracheal Intubation .jpg Blood Gas Analysis Pocket Reference - American Assoc. Critical Care Nurses & Philips Medical Systems [PDF - 83Kb] Co2 Monitoring Interactive - Philips Medical Systems CO2 Monitoring Pocket Reference - Philips Medical Systems [PDF - 885Kb] Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Interactive Guidelines Guidelines to develop a computer-based decision support system in order to assist physicians at the University of Iowa in making decisions on community acquired pneumonia. Chest Auscultation A collection of lung sounds including normal and abnormal breath sounds, voice sounds and adventious sounds. Appropriate descriptions come along with them. Emergency Airway Management Guide Individualized Hands-on Tutorial in Airway Management Techniques Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests: Spirometry This educational module is designed to provide an introduction to quality assessment and basic interpretation of spirometric testing in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease. It consists of a pre-test with one-sentence patient presentations followed by flow volume loops and time volume plots for each case; the learning module, which explains the interpretation of spirometric tests with the use of video clips and graphs of normal findings, as well as pathological findings; and a post-test designed similarly to the pre-test. Missouri Society For Respiratory Care Educational programs for those persons interested in Respiratory Care. Respiratory Care personnel and the medical profession, allied health professionals, hospitals, service companies, industry, government organizations, and other agencies interested in Respiratory Care. Education of the general public in pulmonary health promotion and disease prevention. Procedure for Rapid-Sequence Intubation R.A.L.E. Educational Programs on heart sounds R.A.L.E. Lung Sound and Heart Sound educational programs Learn more about cardiac and respiratory sounds in health and disease. R.A.L.E. Reference Collection Download - An up-to-date bibliography of scientific papers and abstracts about respiratory acoustics (RRC.zip is 506 kb in size and contains RRC.txt in MEDLARS format which can be used with most bibliography programs). R.A.L.E. Respiratory Sounds - Listen to respiratory sounds. Experience what doctors and nurses hear with their stethoscopes. Randomized, Double-Blind Study on sedatives and hemodynamics during rapid sequence intubation in the Emergency Department: The Shred Study. Rapid Sequence Induction: Induction and Pretreatment Medications - eMedicine free online medical reference textbooks for doctors, medical professionals and consumers. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection RSV - eMedicine Respiratory Syncytial Virus RSV - Family Practice Notebook Respiratory Syncytial Virus RSV - Research & Development (Boehringer Ingelheim) Respiratory Syncytial Virus RSV Prevention Respiratory Syncytial Virus RSV Research article - Respiratory syncytial virus and TNFalpha induction of chemokine gene expression involves differential activation of Rel A and NF-kappaB1 (BioMed Central) RSV Prevention Information Center The goal of this web site is to provide useful information for parents and pediatricians that will help identify and protect high-risk infants from RSV disease. RSVMD.com Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) This web site is sponsored by MedImmune, Inc., maker of Synagis (palivizumab). It is intended for pediatricians, pediatric specialists, nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals engaged in the prevention and management of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants and young children. The goal is to be the preeminent source of information relative to RSV, its prevention, and management. RT Corner is a web site devoted entirely to the Respiratory Therapy Student and Respiratory Therapy Education. The main purpose of this website is to provide a gathering place where respiratory students and interested others can learn new information, exchange ideas, and learn about their profession. Sellick's Maneuver of Cricothyroid Pressure Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - CDC Training & Reference Materials Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Diagnosis/Evaluation, CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Information and Recommendations for Health Care Providers. New York State Department of Health Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Information on the multi-country outbreak of the "mystery pneumonia" referred to as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Fact Sheet for Clinicians: Interpreting SARS Test Results from CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Infection Control & Exposure Management, CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Preliminary Clinical Description, CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Quarantine Guidelines, CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Treatment, CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - World Health Organization (WHO) - This web page has been created to provide the public and professionals information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The site will be updated daily to ensure that the most current information is available. The Difficult Airway Cricothyrotomy The Virtual Hospital Electric Airway Upper Airway Problems in Children Trach-Light? In-service Training and Demo from Laerdal Video analysis of emergency intubations Ventilator Management - eMedicine free online medical reference textbooks for doctors, medical professionals and consumers. Ventilator Waveform Analysis Internet-Based Learning sponsored by the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences Ventilation and Perfusion Matching in The Lung A computer model for teaching pulmonary physiology. This program was developed as an interactive exercise for the teaching of Pulmonary Physiology to medical and graduate students. It is an advanced exercise that assumes that the students have a basic knowledge of the principals of gas exchange, the alveolar gas equation, and of the oxyhemoglobin saturation curve. Weaning and Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation
Our "Asthma" Page Has Moved Here RESPIRATORY / PULMONARY GUIDELINESPulmonary rehabilitation. American College of Chest Physicians. 1997. 34 pages Heart failure - systolic dysfunction. University of Michigan Health System. 1999 Aug. 12 pages. ACR Appropriateness Criteria for shortness of breath - suspected cardiac origin. American College of Radiology. 1995 (revised 1999). 5 pages. Management of airway emergencies American Association for Respiratory Care. 1995 Jul (reviewed 2000) . 12 pages. Asthma. University of Michigan Health System. 1996 Dec (revised 2000 Jan). 14 pages. Expert Panel Report 2: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.). 1997 Jul (reprinted 1998 Apr, 1999 Mar). 146 pages. Evidence based clinical practice guideline for managing an acute exacerbation of asthma. Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH). 1999. 12 pages. Long term management of asthma by classification. Community Collaboration on Healthcare Quality. 1998 May. 6 pages. Global initiative for asthma. World Health Organization/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.). 1995 Jan (revised 1998). 249 pages. Allergic rhinitis: clinical practice guideline. American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy. 1996. 8 pages. Diagnosis and management of asthma. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. 1998 June (revised 1999 Jun). 33 pages. Practice
parameters for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology/American College of Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology/Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 1995 Nov. 163 pages |
