The COPD Advocate An SOB's Hyperlinks
The following Web resources are offered to expedite your search for information about pulmonary diseases, their diagnoses, treatment, and management.
I believe them to be reliable and accurate but, as a layman, am not qualified to recommend or endorse the content of any document referenced below.
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ABG: Arterial Blood Gas Study and Facts - The following examples are included to help you better understand the process of making an accurate ABG analysis.
- About Your Lungs - National Lung Health Education Program,(NLHEP). Advice for patients with asthmatic bronchitis, chronic bronchitis or emphysema, and information for their families.
- ALF - Learn About Lung Health - Chronic bronchitis and emphysema study, with information on the diseases.
- American Association for Respiratory Care: Patient Education - Information about and tips for dealing with chronic lung problems.
- American Lung Association of Oregon - Resources on preventing and living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
- Ask NOAH About: Respiratory Disorders - Covers many disorders including COPD.
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Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - From the National Occupational Research Agenda.
- Breathe Easy - A guide to living with COPD, including definitions of medical terms.
- The Breathing Space - Information about medications, stopping smoking, and living better with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Collaborative Charter - Improving care for patients approching the end of life with COPD AND CHF.
- COPD - Support groups, forums, medications, news, and research information.
- COPD - Definition, causes, and treatments from Chest Medicine Online.
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COPD Talk (You Can Feel Better) - Presentation covering COPD causes and treatment by Jeffrey Newcomer, MD for the Cheshire Medical Center Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program.
- Gadgets and Goodies - Information on COPD supplies.
- Guidelines For The Assessment And Management of COPD - Summary of a workshop on COPD, providing an outline that can be used by the primary care practitioner to develop a treatment plan that meets the individual patient's needs.
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Interstitial Lung Diseases: Information Booklet for Patients - A booklet providing information on interstitial pulmonary fibrosis or lung scarring.
- Keller Mini Wright Peak Flow Meters - Product for measuring maximum expiratory flow rate during a forced expiration.
- Living With COPD - This site is written by and for patients of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
- Living With COPD - A patient's resource from the Canadian Lung Association.
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Living With COPD: Your Nutritional Status - A person's nutritional status can influence the degree of severity of COPD, and COPD can create circumstances that make consuming an adequate diet difficult.
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Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - People with COPD must become actively involved in the management of their disease. Participating in the treatment plan will help people with COPD and their families achieve the best possible results.
- National Emphysema Foundation - An organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with emphysema, asthma and related diseases.
- A New National Strategy for COPD: Abstract - National Lung Health Education Program,(NLHEP)Do your patients at risk know their lung numbers?
- NIOSH/NORA /Occupational Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Review of team efforts on research grants.
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Oxygen Therapy by Barry Make, M.D. - Who needs oxygen? Selecting the system,Oxygen conservers, Patient education, Follow-up references.
- Patient Education Materials - Online ordering available for several different patient education tools that are designed to help educate COPD patients and their families about living with this disease.
- Personalized Medical Information and Services - Pulmonary Center: Over 700 Health Topics for COPD and Emphysema patients.
- PhysicianMD.net - Educational information regarding all forms of pulmonary disease. Emphasis will be placed on general pulmonary conditions, critical care and lung cancer.
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Colorado HealthNet - A great source of pulmonary information. This could be the preferred beginning place to learn about COPD.
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Patient Information - One Doctor writes about his research into the "Patient's Bill of Rights" from Walter Reed Hospital.
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Court TV's Legal Cafe: HMOs and Patient's Bill of Rights - "Patient's Rights" in other areas.
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Inhaler Use - The fundamentals of Metered Dose Inhalers.
- Airwaves - A publication by the folks who manufacture Combivent. It has some good, easily understood data, and it invites your feedback.
- Olivija's C.O.P.D. Resources - Dispenses a wonderful blend of hard, cold fact, with humor and heartfelt love.
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The Chronic Lung Disease Forum - A bulletin board of Cheshire Medical Center.
- Ron Peterson's Home Page - Exercise for COPD patients.
- Patti Gibson's Web Page
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center - A well-known pulmonary treatment center in Denver, CO.
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NHLBI, NHLBI/HCFA Lung Volume Reduction - Medicare's LVRS (NETT) program.
- National Emphysema
Foundation - General information. Unfortunately, much of it is as old as 1996 data.
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America's Best Hospitals - U.S. News and World Report's 1998 list.
- Welcome to the LungNet - Australian Lung Foundation. Look under "Patient Support" for two articles that should be required reading in medical schools, "Psychological Consequences of Respiratory Diseases," and "The Need for COPD Support Groups."
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Labguide - Explanation of blood tests: Creighton Medical School.
- Lab Tests - Detailed paper on blood tests: Dr. Ed Uthman, Leicester, UK
- Yale MedMenu Info-Merck Manual - Classic general medical reference book.
- Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Research Center - Specializes in post-ICU treatment and weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation.
- Dietitian - Healthy Body Calculator - A tool from Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- QuackWatch Home Page - The title tells it all.
- HealthCare Information Resources
- HCFA - The Medicare and Medicaid Agency
- Social Security Online
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. Department of Health
- National Institute on Aging
- Welcome to AARP Webplace
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Intergovernmental Health Policy Project
- National Institutes of Health
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