Coming From Medscape Pulmonary Medicine
We have a busy couple of months planned as we continue our coverage of several pulmonary medicine meetings. We are currently editing the CME coverage of the 13th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society, which took place in Vienna, Austria, September 27-October 1, 2003. That is followed closely by Chest 2003: 69th International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, in Orlando, Florida, October 25-30, 2003. Look for the CME coverage of both on Medscape Pulmonary Medicine.
Be sure to take advantage of the Conference Coverage that we have done this year. If you have not already done so, you can still get CME/CE credit for CHEST 2002: 68th Annual Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, 32nd Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, 23rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 13th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and Coverage of the 99th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society.
For other upcoming conference events, be sure to check out our Conference Calendar listing in the Conference Coverage section of the Medscape Pulmonary Medicine site.
We have just posted a new Clinical Update entitled: "Therapeutic Advances in the Management of Malignant Mesothelioma" and there is one on "Improving ICU Survival in Cases of Severe Sepsis Using Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated)." If you are looking for more CME programs, remember to take a look at the Clinical Update on "Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis and Its Comorbidities" as well as the one entitled: "Therapeutic Potential of PDE4 Inhibitors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease." It will provide some of the latest studies and thinking on this aspect of treatment for COPD. We also have a Clinical Update on "Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections: Microbiology, Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prevention," and we have recertified and posted an article on "Effect of a Catabolic State With Involuntary Weight Loss on Acute and Chronic Respiratory Disease." Read them now and get the CME.
We have several CME Circle features that will also allow you to earn education credit. We have just posted one entitled: "Targeting Critical Pathways in Oncology" and one entitled: "The Suspension Is Over: New Solutions for the Treatment of Asthma." Remember to also read the programs entitled: "Therapeutic Challenges in the Management of Nosocomial Pneumonia" and "Preventing Health-CareAssociated Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus."
In our News CME section, we have just posted a new article entitled: "New Guidelines for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency." Remember to read the other News CME items entitled: "Symptoms Help Distinguish Inhalational Anthrax From Viral Respiratory Illness" and "Linezolid Treats Resistant Gram-Positive Infections in Children." To earn credit, read the news article and take the posttest.
The Pulmonary Medicine Ask the Experts program has just been launched on the site. The first item that we posted for the program is on "Use of Corticosteroids in Treatment of COPD." If you are a physician and have a clinical question that you wish our panel of experts to answer in the areas of acute respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or smoking, click on the appropriate "Submit a Question" links in the In Focus section of the Pulmonary Medicine home page. Come back often to see if your question is chosen to be answered by our expert panel.
The Medscape Pulmonary Medicine eJournal was launched as part of Medscape General Medicine (MedGenMed), edited by George D. Lundberg, MD, Editor in Chief. Articles cover all aspects of pulmonary medicine and get posted faster than in most traditional journals. To find out how to submit an article to MedGenMed's Pulmonary Medicine eJournal, take a look at the Instructions for Authors. Article submissions can be emailed to me at: Pulmonaryeditor@webmd.net.
If you are a clinician, remember to send in your pulmonary-related case studies to the same email address. The cases will be presented in an interactive format that links into the discussion section of the site as well, allowing users to comment on the cases and what you did to solve them.
The Pulmonary Medicine site has a number of interesting and provocative discussions going on in our Featured Discussions section. One of our Featured Discussions is on CPAP use after traumatic pneumothorax and another is on acute postoperative pulmonary edema. In this section, you decide on the topics and you control the discussion.
We now have a number of useful MEDLINE Searches on a number of topics. In addition to the MEDLINE Search on cystic fibrosis, we also have searches on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sarcoidosis, sinusitis, and other topics.
We have just posted a number of articles from our publishing partners. From the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, we have just posted an article entitled: "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Clinical Outcome and Prognostic Correlates." From the American Journal of Public Health comes an article on "Parent's Socioeconomic Status, Adolescents' Disposable Income, and Adolescents' Smoking Status in Massachusetts" as well as an article on "Cigarette Smoking and Cognitive Decline in Midlife: Evidence From a Prospective Birth Cohort Study." From the journal Critical Care Medicine, we have posted an article entitled: "Effect of Standardized Orders and Provider Education on Head-of-Bed Positioning in Mechanically Ventilated Patients."
The Pulmonary Medicine Journal Scan continues to provide a monthly review of interesting and topical journal articles from specialty and general interest journals. To get a quick look at what has been published recently in the field, take a look at the latest Pulmonary Medicine Journal Scan. The current Journal Scan provides reviews of articles on prediction of survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, accuracy of screening for anthrax, fluticasone and salmeterol in treating COPD, and predicting mortality in sarcoidosis.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about what you see on the site or wish to suggest a new program that you would find useful, please feel free to email me at Pulmonaryeditor@webmd.net. If you are experiencing technical difficulties, please contact our customer support staff at medscapecustomersupport@webmd.net.
We have a busy couple of months planned as we continue our coverage of several pulmonary medicine meetings. We are currently editing the CME coverage of the 13th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society, which took place in Vienna, Austria, September 27-October 1, 2003. That is followed closely by Chest 2003: 69th International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, in Orlando, Florida, October 25-30, 2003. Look for the CME coverage of both on Medscape Pulmonary Medicine.
Be sure to take advantage of the Conference Coverage that we have done this year. If you have not already done so, you can still get CME/CE credit for CHEST 2002: 68th Annual Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, 32nd Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, 23rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 13th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and Coverage of the 99th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society.
For other upcoming conference events, be sure to check out our Conference Calendar listing in the Conference Coverage section of the Medscape Pulmonary Medicine site.
We have just posted a new Clinical Update entitled: "Therapeutic Advances in the Management of Malignant Mesothelioma" and there is one on "Improving ICU Survival in Cases of Severe Sepsis Using Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated)." If you are looking for more CME programs, remember to take a look at the Clinical Update on "Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis and Its Comorbidities" as well as the one entitled: "Therapeutic Potential of PDE4 Inhibitors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease." It will provide some of the latest studies and thinking on this aspect of treatment for COPD. We also have a Clinical Update on "Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections: Microbiology, Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prevention," and we have recertified and posted an article on "Effect of a Catabolic State With Involuntary Weight Loss on Acute and Chronic Respiratory Disease." Read them now and get the CME.
We have several CME Circle features that will also allow you to earn education credit. We have just posted one entitled: "Targeting Critical Pathways in Oncology" and one entitled: "The Suspension Is Over: New Solutions for the Treatment of Asthma." Remember to also read the programs entitled: "Therapeutic Challenges in the Management of Nosocomial Pneumonia" and "Preventing Health-CareAssociated Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus."
In our News CME section, we have just posted a new article entitled: "New Guidelines for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency." Remember to read the other News CME items entitled: "Symptoms Help Distinguish Inhalational Anthrax From Viral Respiratory Illness" and "Linezolid Treats Resistant Gram-Positive Infections in Children." To earn credit, read the news article and take the posttest.
The Pulmonary Medicine Ask the Experts program has just been launched on the site. The first item that we posted for the program is on "Use of Corticosteroids in Treatment of COPD." If you are a physician and have a clinical question that you wish our panel of experts to answer in the areas of acute respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or smoking, click on the appropriate "Submit a Question" links in the In Focus section of the Pulmonary Medicine home page. Come back often to see if your question is chosen to be answered by our expert panel.
The Medscape Pulmonary Medicine eJournal was launched as part of Medscape General Medicine (MedGenMed), edited by George D. Lundberg, MD, Editor in Chief. Articles cover all aspects of pulmonary medicine and get posted faster than in most traditional journals. To find out how to submit an article to MedGenMed's Pulmonary Medicine eJournal, take a look at the Instructions for Authors. Article submissions can be emailed to me at: Pulmonaryeditor@webmd.net.
If you are a clinician, remember to send in your pulmonary-related case studies to the same email address. The cases will be presented in an interactive format that links into the discussion section of the site as well, allowing users to comment on the cases and what you did to solve them.
The Pulmonary Medicine site has a number of interesting and provocative discussions going on in our Featured Discussions section. One of our Featured Discussions is on CPAP use after traumatic pneumothorax and another is on acute postoperative pulmonary edema. In this section, you decide on the topics and you control the discussion.
We now have a number of useful MEDLINE Searches on a number of topics. In addition to the MEDLINE Search on cystic fibrosis, we also have searches on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sarcoidosis, sinusitis, and other topics.
We have just posted a number of articles from our publishing partners. From the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, we have just posted an article entitled: "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Clinical Outcome and Prognostic Correlates." From the American Journal of Public Health comes an article on "Parent's Socioeconomic Status, Adolescents' Disposable Income, and Adolescents' Smoking Status in Massachusetts" as well as an article on "Cigarette Smoking and Cognitive Decline in Midlife: Evidence From a Prospective Birth Cohort Study." From the journal Critical Care Medicine, we have posted an article entitled: "Effect of Standardized Orders and Provider Education on Head-of-Bed Positioning in Mechanically Ventilated Patients."
The Pulmonary Medicine Journal Scan continues to provide a monthly review of interesting and topical journal articles from specialty and general interest journals. To get a quick look at what has been published recently in the field, take a look at the latest Pulmonary Medicine Journal Scan. The current Journal Scan provides reviews of articles on prediction of survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, accuracy of screening for anthrax, fluticasone and salmeterol in treating COPD, and predicting mortality in sarcoidosis.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about what you see on the site or wish to suggest a new program that you would find useful, please feel free to email me at Pulmonaryeditor@webmd.net. If you are experiencing technical difficulties, please contact our customer support staff at medscapecustomersupport@webmd.net.
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