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PATIENT EDUCATION

COMMON PULMONARY CONDITIONS AND REASONS FOR PULMONARY EVALUATION

Acute Bronchitis

Acute Bronchitis - ACCP

Air Pollution

Air Pollution - ATS

Asthma

What is Asthma? - ATS

Treating Asthma Symptoms with Quick Relief: Bronchodilators - Prescription or Over-the-Counter Inhalers -ATS

Asthma treatment-ATS

Avoiding Irritants-ATS

Avoiding Allergens-ATS

Bronchiolitis and Organizing Pneumonia

What is Bronchiolitis? - ACCP

Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia - ACCP

COPD and Emphysema

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ATS

Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ATS

About Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ACCP

Cough

About Acute and Chronic Cough - ATS

Acute and Chronic Cough Symptoms and Treatments - ACCP

COVID-19

What is COVID-19? - ATS

What is COVID-19? - JAMA

Socializing During COVID-19 Pandemic

Risk of COVID-19 during Air Travel

Diagnosis and Management of COVID-19 - ATS

Inhale Only Clean Air - ATS

Managing Your Chronic Lung Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic - ATS

COVID-19 Variants - JAMA

Exposure to Wildfires

Exposure to Wildfires - ATS

Home Oxygen

Oxygen Therapy - ATS

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Diagnosis and Management -ATS

Treatment of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis-ATS

About Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis - ACCP

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

IPF Part 1-ATS

IPF Part 2 (Medications)-ATS

IPF Part 3 (Nonmedications)-ATS

Influenza

Influenza - ATS

Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis

About Pulmonary Fibrosis - ATS

Interstitial Lung Disease - ACCP

Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Introduction - ATS

Lung Cancer Staging-ATS

Lung Cancer Treatment - ATS

Lung Cancer Prevention - ATS

Lung Cancer: Malignant Pleural Effusions - ATS

Lung Cancer: Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheters - ATS

Lung Transplant

What is Lung Transplantation - ATS

Lung Transplant Recipient Selection- ATS

Mold and Lung Disease

Mold Exposure - ATS

Obesity

I want to Lose Weight: Which diet is Best?

Occupational Lung Disease

About Silicosis - ATS

Work-Related Lung Diseases - ACCP

Oxygen Therapy

What is oxygen therapy? -ACCP

Getting started with Oxygen Therapy

Complete Guide To Oxygen Therapy

Pleural Disease

Pleural Effusions and Other Pleural Diseases (Problems with Lining around the Lungs) and Thoracentesis - ATS

Pneumothorax - Brighman and Women's Hospital

Pneumothorax Collapsed Lung

Pneumonia

Pneumonia - ATS

Pulmonary Coccidlomycosis

What is Coccidiodomycosis? - ATS

Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Embolism  - ATS

Pulmonary Hypertension

About Pulmonary Hypertension - ATS

What is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension? -ATS

Pulmonary Nodules

Pulmonary Nodules - ATS

Sarcoidosis

What is Sarcoidosis? - ATS

Treatment of Sarcoidosis -ATS

Shortness of Breath

About Shortness of Breath - ACCP

Breathlessness—Shortness of Breath -ATS

Sudden Breathlessness Crisis ATS

Sleep Apnea

What is Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults? - ATS

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea - ATS

Oral Appliances for Sleep Apnea in Adults - ATS

Other Therapies for Sleep Apnea - ATS

Spontaneous Pneumothorax

ATS Patients Education Series Link

Tobacco, Marijuana and Vaping

Why Do I Smoke and Why Do I Keep Smoking? - ATS

Smoking and Tobacco Use - ACCP

Vaping and E-Cigarettes - ATS

Smoking Marijuana and the Lungs -ATS

ATS Health Alert: EVALI-E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury - ATS

Vocal Cord Dysfunction

About Vocal Cord Dysfunction

Weight loss

Which diet is best ?

ADDITIONAL LINKS

6-Minute Walk Test

Bronchoscopy

Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy

Robotic Navigational Bronchoscopy

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)

Computed Tomography (CT) Scan

CT Guided Lung Biopsy

Lung Function Tests - ACCP

Lung Function Tests - ATS

Methacholine Challenge Testing

Pulse Oximetry

Spirometry
Telemedicine

BRONCHIECTASIS AND NTM 

Bronchiectasis Symptoms and Diagnosis - ACCP

What is Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Disease - ATS

NTM (Nontuberculous Mycobacterium) Symptoms and Diagnosis - ACCP

About NTM (Nontuberculous Mycobacterium) - aboutNTM.org

NTM (Nontuberculous Mycobacterium) Organization - NTMinfo.org

Bronchiectasis and NTM Initiative

NJH: A physician's view: Guide for Patients with NTM Infections

Airway Clearance Teaching

IMPACT - Individual Management of Patient Airway Clearance Therapy

Nebulizer Use and Cleaning

PARI reusable nebulizer video

Aeroclipse XL reusable nebulizer handout

Aeroclipse XL instructions video

Aeroclipse XL with the Aerobika video

HFCWO/Vest

High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (the Vest)

Volara

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - CFF.org

About Cystic Fibrosis - ACCP

Testing for Cystic Fibrosis - CFF.org

Treatment Therapies - CFF.org

Aerosolized Medications and Airway Clearance for Cystic Fibrosis Patients - SBCH Adult CF Program

Basics of Infection Prevention Measures in the Outpatient Cystic Fibrosis Clinic and Hospital - SBCH Adult CF Program

Cottage Health: Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis Clinic

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY LINKS 

ATS Patients Education Series Link

CHEST Patient Education Resources Link

 

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