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Respiratory Diseases
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- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention/Screening
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Coping
- Disease Management
- Specific Conditions
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Excess Oxygen Worsens Lung Inflammation in Mice (05/02/2005, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- What Is ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Overviews
- Overviews
- JAMA Patient Page: Lung Disease (American Medical Association)
- Lung Disease Overview (National Women's Health Information Center)
Also available in: Spanish
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Blood Gases: The Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Chest Pain, Acute (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Flexible Bronchoscopy (American College of Chest Physicians) - Links to PDF
- Radiography (X-Ray): Chest (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Spirometry (National Lung Health Education Program)
Treatment
- Treatment
- FDA Approves Device to Treat Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome (Food and Drug Administration)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Silicosis: Learn the Facts! (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Team Approach to Improving the Quality of Life (American College of Chest Physicians)
Coping
- Coping
- Coping with Indoor Air Pollution (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- How to Plan for Air Travel When You Need Supplemental Oxygen (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Minimizing the Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution (American Association for Respiratory Care)
Disease Management
- Disease Management
- Controlled Coughing (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Diaphragmatic Breathing (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Home Humidifiers: Soothe Your Nose, Throat and Skin (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Home Oxygen Therapy (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- JAMA Patient Page: Assisted Breathing (American Medical Association)
- Mechanical Ventilation: Beyond the Intensive Care Unit (American College of Chest Physicians)
- Pursed Lip Breathing (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Respiratory Home Health Care (American Association for Respiratory Care)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Adult (Acute) Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (American Lung Association)
- Beryllium Disease (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
- Bronchiectasis (American Lung Association)
- Collapsed Lung (Atelectasis) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Goodpasture's Syndrome (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (American Lung Association)
- Hot Tub Lung (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Human Metapnemovirus (HMPV) (American Lung Association)
- Hyperinflated Lungs (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Loeffler's Syndrome (Pulmonary Eosinophilia) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Occupational Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
- Pleurisy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pneumonitis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pneumothorax (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pulmonary Edema (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Respiratory Failure (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Restrictive vs. Obstructive Lung Disease: What's the Difference? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax (American Lung Association)
- Tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn's Syndrome) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Cleaning of Portable Humidifiers and Vaporizers at Home (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
- Forest Fires and Respiratory Health (American Lung Association)
- Occupational Respiratory Diseases: Your Workplace and Your Lungs (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Lung Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Respiratory Tract Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genes and Disease: Respiratory Diseases (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Research
- Research
- Chronic Lung Disease in Infancy May Lead to Continued Problems in Adolescence (Nemours Foundation)
- Excess Body Weight and Outcomes of Acute Lung Injury Requiring Mechanical Ventilation (American College of Physicians)
- How Well Do Clinical and Lung Tissue Criteria for the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Match? (American College of Physicians)
- New Research Outlines Public Health Consequences of World Trade Center Disaster (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Atlas of the Body: The Respiratory System -- Structure Detail (American Medical Association)
Directories
- Directories
- Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Organizations
- 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
- Statistics
- African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
- American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
- Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
- Hispanics and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
- Lung Disease Data in Culturally Diverse Communities (American Lung Association)
- New Edition of Lung Disease Data Report Updates Resource with Newest Available Statistics (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Children
- Children
- Children and Croup (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
- Helping Your Child Breathe Easier (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- Looking at Your Lungs (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Lungs and Respiratory System (Nemours Foundation)
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (American Lung Association)
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn (American Lung Association)
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) (Nemours Foundation)
- What Is Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)