Pulmonary Medicine

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• How Should I Treat Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis? Bacterial rhinosinusitis brings many patients into the office, but how many really need antibiotics?
  Primary Care for Advanced Practice Nurses, October 2008
• Intravenous Prostacyclin Analogs for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension The current recommendation from the American College of Chest Physicians is use of IV prostacyclins in patients who are in NYHA functional class III or IV.
  Pulmonary Hypertension, July 2008
• Postexercise Evaluation of Pulmonary Artery Pressure Can exercise be used in high-risk patients to detect pulmonary arteriopathy before patients have signs and symptoms at rest?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, June 2008
• Pregnancy and Pulmonary Embolism: Which Imaging Study Should Be Used? An evaluation to rule out PE during pregnancy is especially challenging due to concerns regarding fetal radiation exposure.
  Emergency Medicine Management, June 2008
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment of RA-associated PAH may require aggressive immunomodulatory therapy in addition to the standard PAH drugs.
  Pulmonary Hypertension, June 2008
• Can Opiates Be Administered by Nebulizer? Some clinicians are using nebulized morphine to treat pain and breathlessness in patients with COPD and CHF, but is there evidence to back that up?
  Pharmacotherapy, May 2008
• Transplantation Criteria for Patients With Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Grossly Impaired Right, but Relatively Normal Left Ventricular Function Does any degree of right ventricular dysfunction warrant a heart-lung transplant over a lung transplant?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, May 2008
• Autoimmune Diseases and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension How does PAH occur in autoimmune diseases?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, April 2008
• Minimizing Risks During Right Heart Catheterization in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension How often are there complications during RHC, and how can you minimize the risks?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, April 2008
• Referral and Follow-up of Patients With Scleroderma and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension How does the referral process work when someone has PAH as a result of scleroderma?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, April 2008
• Anticoagulants, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, and Scleroderma Is the PAH that is associated with scleroderma the same as IPAH, and is anticoagulation a useful therapy?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, March 2008
• The Role of Statins in Treating Pulmonary Hypertension Can statins be used to treat PH?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, February 2008
• Should Patients With Asthma Receive Beta-Blockers for Heart Problems? Given the risk for bronchospasm associated with beta-blockers, should patients with asthma be taking these medications?
  Pharmacotherapy, January 2008
• Anticoagulation Therapy, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Connective Tissue Disease Should anticoagulation therapy be used in patients with pulmonary hypertension and connective tissue disease?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, November 2007
• Declaring Treatment Failure in PAH How long should we wait before declaring a patient's failure to respond to a new PAH therapy?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, October 2007
• Steroid Use for PAH in Scleroderma A reader asks about the use of steroids for treating PAH associated with scleroderma.
  Pulmonary Hypertension, October 2007
• Echocardiogram Screening and PAH What can echocardiogram data tell us when screening for PAH?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, August 2007
• Scleroderma and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension A reader asks about the use of steroids for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in scleroderma patients.
  Pulmonary Hypertension, August 2007
• Sildenafil Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension A reader asks about the use of sildenafil therapy for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  Pulmonary Hypertension, August 2007
• Calcium Channel Blockers and Pulmonary Hypertension Why do we use CCBs for treating PH?
  Pulmonary Hypertension, August 2007

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