American Otological Society

American Thoracic Society Documents

Clinical research involving critically ill patients is necessary to reduce the extreme morbidity and mortality encountered in the intensive care unit (ICU). Yet such research is ethically challenging because critically ill patients usually are unable to consent for research participation, because conflicts of interest occur among investigators, and because discovering new knowledge while simult...

American Thoracic Society Documents

Helen K. Reddel, D. Robin Taylor, Eric D. Bateman, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Homer A. Boushey, William W. Busse, Thomas B. Casale, Pascal Chanez, Paul L. Enright, Peter G. Gibson, Johan C. de Jongste, Huib A. M. Kerstjens, Stephen C. Lazarus, Mark L. Levy, Paul M. O’Byrne, Martyn R. Partridge, Ian D. Pavord, Malcolm R. Sears, Peter J. Sterk, Stuart W. Stoloff, Sean D. Sullivan, Stanley J. Szefler,...

American Thoracic Society

Definitions Equipment Recommenhations Recommendation: Vital Capacity (VC) Recommendation: Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) Recommendation: Timed Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV[) Recommendation: PEF Recommendation (Monitoring): PEF Recommendation: FEFzs-75% Recommendation: Flow (9) Recommendation: Forced Expiratory Time (FET%) Recommendation: Forced Inspiratory Vital Capacity M a n e u v e r s Recomme...

American Chemical Society.

American Thoracic Society Documents

Pediatric Respiratory Research Opportunities Lung Growth, Development, and Repair Infectious Agents Asthma Environmental Exposure Regulation of Respiration Addiction Research Care and Impact of Chronic Respiratory Disease Cystic Fibrosis Sickle Cell Disease Other Rare Conditions Pediatric Respiratory Research Challenges Workforce Issues Few Pediatric Pulmonary Research Centers Relative Rarity o...