Respiratory Diseases (General)

Latest News
• Got a Cold? Doctor May Prescribe Gargling (03/19/2001, Reuters)
• Painkillers Up Risk of Lung Disorder in Newborns (03/06/2001, Reuters)

General/Overviews

• Keeping the Respiratory System Healthy (American Medical Women's Association)

Anatomy/Physiology

• Lungs in Health and Disease (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - links to PDF file

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Respiratory Tract Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials
• Clinical Trials: Lung Disease (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Coping

• Coping with Indoor Air Pollution (American Association for Respiratory Care)
• Minimizing the Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution (American Association for Respiratory Care)
• Traveling with Oxygen: Planning is Key (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Bronchoscopy (American College of Chest Physicians)
• Chest Pain, Acute: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Cough: Understanding and Treating a Problem With Many Causes (American College of Chest Physicians)
• Radiography-Chest (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Shortness of Breath: Self-care Flowchart (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Spirometry (National Lung Health Education Program)

Disease Management

• Home Oxygen Therapy (American Association for Respiratory Care)
• Respiratory Home Health Care (American Association for Respiratory Care)
• Save Your Breath America! Advice for Patients with Asthmatic Bronchitis, Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema (National Lung Health Education Program)
• When Machines Do the Breathing (Food and Drug Administration)

Pictures/Diagrams

• How the Body Works: the Respiratory System (Nemours Foundation) - requires Shockwave software download

Rehabilitation

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Team Approach to Improving the Quality of Life (American College of Chest Physicians)

Research

• Scientists Report Advance in Tackling Common Viral Respiratory Disease (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Adult (Acute) Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (American Lung Association)
• All about Hantavirus (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
• Facts About Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Occupational Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• Occupational Respiratory Diseases: Your Workplace and Your Lungs (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Pleurisy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - links to PDF file
• Respiratory Failure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - links to PDF file

Treatment

• Endotracheal Intubation (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Mechanical Ventilation: Beyond the Intensive Care Unit (American College of Chest Physicians)
• Tracheostomy (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Types of Perfusion (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Respiratory Diseases: Glossary (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Organizations

• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Lung Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• National Lung Health Education Program

Statistics

• African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• Hispanics and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• Lung Disease: State by State (American Lung Association) - links to PDF file

Children

• Adenoviruses (Nemours Foundation)
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Croup (Nemours Foundation)
• Helping Your Child Breathe Easier (American Association for Respiratory Care)
• Pertussis: Whooping Cough (Nemours Foundation)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn (American Lung Association)
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (American Lung Association)
• Shortness of Breath in a Child or Infant: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Espaņol/Spanish

• Gripe (American Lung Association)
• Tos (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)