Respiratory Diseases

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	Atlas of the Body: The Respiratory System -- Struc American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ8PPLCGJC&sub_...

Children

1.	Lungs and Respiratory System Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/lungs.html




2.	Helping Your Child Breathe Easier American Association for Respiratory Care http://www.aarc.org/patient_education/tips/kids.html




3.	Children and Croup National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/croup.html




4.	Looking at Your Lungs Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/lungs_noSW.html




5.	Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35690




6.	Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35693




7.	What Is Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Bpd/Bpd_WhatIs.html




8.	Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/ttn.html

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Pleurisy National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D010998&recruiting...




2.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Lung Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D008171&recruiting...




3.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Respiratory Tract Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D012140&recruiting...

Coping

1.	Coping with Indoor Air Pollution American Association for Respiratory Care http://www.yourlunghealth.org/staying_healthy/health_tips/indoor_air_pollut...




2.	Minimizing the Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution American Association for Respiratory Care http://www.yourlunghealth.org/staying_healthy/health_tips/outdoor_air_pollu...




3.	How to Plan for Air Travel When You Need Supplemen Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01555

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Chest Pain, Acute American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/523.xml




2.	Blood Gases: The Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/blood_gases/test.html




3.	Flexible Bronchoscopy American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/downloads/education/patient/guides/Bronchoscopy.pdf...




4.	Radiography (X-Ray): Chest American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/chest_radiography.htm




5.	Spirometry National Lung Health Education Program http://www.nlhep.org/spirom1.html

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Glossary (Lungs) American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=40415

Directories

1.	Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/sections/membership/findamember/

Disease Management

1.	Respiratory Home Health Care American Association for Respiratory Care http://www.yourlunghealth.org/staying_healthy/health_tips/respiratory_home_...




2.	Pursed Lip Breathing Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2400/2408.asp?index=...




3.	Controlled Coughing Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2400/2413.asp?index=...




4.	Diaphragmatic Breathing Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2400/2409.asp?index=...




5.	Mechanical Ventilation: Beyond the Intensive Care American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/patients/guides/mech_vent/index.php




6.	Home Humidifiers: Soothe Your Nose, Throat and Ski Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00076




7.	Home Oxygen Therapy American Association for Respiratory Care http://www.yourlunghealth.org/staying_healthy/health_tips/home_oxygen_thera...




8.	JAMA Patient Page: Assisted Breathing American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZQIIHFFGC&sub_...

Genetics

1.	Genes and Disease: Respiratory Diseases National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd...

National Institutes of Health

1.	What Is ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Ards/Ards_WhatIs.html

Organizations

1.	American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/




2.	American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/




3.	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea http://www.niaid.nih.gov/




4.	National Lung Health Education Program http://www.nlhep.org/




5.	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Overviews

1.	JAMA Patient Page: Lung Disease American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ06T60NAC&sub_...




2.	Lung Disease Overview National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/lung_disease.htm

Prevention/Screening

1.	Silicosis: Learn the Facts! National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-108/

Rehabilitation/Recovery

1.	Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Team Approach to Impro American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/patients/guides/pulmonary/index.php

Related Issues

1.	Occupational Respiratory Diseases: Your Workplace American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/134.xml




2.	Forest Fires and Respiratory Health American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36064




3.	Cleaning of Portable Humidifiers and Vaporizers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/cleaning.html

Research

1.	How Well Do Clinical and Lung Tissue Criteria for American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/6/I-42




2.	Excess Body Weight and Outcomes of Acute Lung Inju American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/5/I-56




3.	Chronic Lung Disease in Infancy May Lead to Contin Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/lung_continued_problems.html




4.	New Research Outlines Public Health Consequences o National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2004/niehs-03.htm

Specific Conditions

1.	Bronchiectasis American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35009




2.	Collapsed Lung (Atelectasis) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00775




3.	Goodpasture's Syndrome National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/goodpasture/index.htm




4.	Respiratory Failure Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch055/ch055a.html




5.	Restrictive vs. Obstructive Lung Disease: What Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00759




6.	Beryllium Disease National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/beryllium_medfact.html




7.	Adult (Acute) Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35012




8.	Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35428




9.	Hot Tub Lung Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00660




10.	Pulmonary Edema Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00412




11.	Spontaneous Pneumothorax American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35772




12.	Tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn's Syndrome Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00906




13.	Pneumothorax Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01228




14.	Pneumonitis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00384




15.	Pleurisy Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00244




16.	Human Metapnemovirus (HMPV) American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=291573




17.	Occupational Lung Disease American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35334




18.	Hyperinflated Lungs Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00684




19.	Loeffler's Syndrome (Pulmonary Eosinophilia) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00844

Statistics

1.	Lung Disease Data in Culturally Diverse Communitie American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=308853




2.	African Americans and Lung Disease American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35976




3.	American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Lung Disease American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36053




4.	Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Lung Disease American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36054




5.	Hispanics and Lung Disease American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36055




6.	New Edition of Lung Disease Data Report Updates Re National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/worldre02.html

Teenagers

1.	Lungs and Respiratory System Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/lungs.html

Treatment

1.	FDA Approves Device to Treat Thoracic Insufficienc Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2004/ANS01310.html

Women

1.	Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36285