Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
In this CME presentation, Kevin Gibson, MD, provides an overview of the classification of Interstitial Lung Disease or ILDs MORE >
Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Right Heart Failure: Moving Toward Personalized Medicine
Hunter Champion, MD, PhD, provides an overview of Pulmonary Hypertension and various therapies. He introduces new ways of thinking about the disease and the future of treatment. MORE >
Quality: Raising the Bar- Implications for Performance
Francis Solano, MD, discusses the shift in medicine from volume-based health care to a system based on quality metrics, cost, and value. This presentation was part of the 2011 Update in Internal Medicine: Evidence Based Approaches to Common Medical Problems. MORE >
Variation in Clinical Presentation and Biology of COPD
Frank Sciurba, MD, provides an overview of the variations of COPD. Explanations for such variations and how they affect patient selection for clinical trials is also discussed. MORE >
Cystic Fibrosis: A Paradigm for Genetics to Personalized Medicine
Joseph Pilewski, MD, provides an overview of the clinical features of typical and atypical Cystic Fibrosis, as well as discusses diagnostic criteria, pathogenesis, and genetic mutation based drug therapy. MORE >
Personalized Medicine in Lung Transplantation
Cynthia Gries, MD, provides an overview of personalized medicine and its use in lung transplant. Topics of discussion include candidate selection, allocation, pharmacokinetics, and surveillance and prevention. MORE >
Lung Cancer Update: Something old, something new, still pretty blue
David O. Wilson, MD, MPH, reviews direction of lung cancer prevention as well as the potential advantages of CT screening of high risk populations. MORE >
Treatment Principles and Strategies for the Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Michael P. Donahoe, MD, provides an overview of the latest research into adult acute respiratory distress syndrome (or ARDS) and the implications for patient care in the ICU setting. MORE >
ECMO Use in Patients with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), including H1N1, other Infections and Trauma
Penny Sappington, MD, discusses the benefits of ECMO for patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome as well as selection criteria used to improve outcomes of patients who are cannulated on veno-venous ECMO. MORE >
Treatment Challenges for Malignant Mesothelioma
Join UPMC surgeon Rodney Landreneau, MD, for a review of surgical approaches employed in the management of malignant mesothelioma. MORE >
Severe Asthma: Can Phenotyping Help with Understanding and Treatment?
Pulmonologist, Sally E. Wenzel, MD, discusses phenotyping of difficult to treat asthma patients and its implications for treatment in this UPMC CME presentation. MORE >
Optimizing Treatment with Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
UPMC pulmonologist Patrick Strollo, MD, discusses strategies for optimizing positive airway pressure as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. MORE >