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Pulmonary Patient Resources

At Colorado Lung Health Connection, we're committed to helping you live your best life while living with lung disease. We've pulled together the following resources for patients and their families, so you don't have to go searching around the web.

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Alpha-1 Foundation

AlphaNet, INC.

American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)

American College of Chest Physicians

American Lung Association

American Lung Association In Colorado

American Medical Sales & Repairs INC.

American Thoracic Society

Center Watch - The Global Source for Clinical Trials Information

ClinicalTrials.gov - A service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health

CO Better Breathers Club

COPD Foundation

COPD International

Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Colorado Association for Medical Equipment Services (CAMES)

CAMES DME and Supply Provider Directory

Colorado Society for Respiratory Care (CSRC)

EFFORTS - Emphysema Foundation for our Right to Survive

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association

National Emphysema Foundation

NHLBI: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

National Home Oxygen Patients Association (NHOPA)

National Jewish Health

National Lung Health Education Program

Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation (PERF)

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Pulmonary Hypertension Association

SilverSneakers

Starting an Exercise Program, Mary Burns, RN

US COPD Coalition

Your Personal Oximeter: A Guide for Patients by Dr. Tom Petty

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Adventures of an Oxy-Phile2 by Dr. Tom Petty

Oxy-View's Article of the Month

These are just some of the relevant topics available at the Oxy-View site.  From there, you can also log in to receive new monthly topics:

  • First you tell me I have lung disease
  • Common myths regarding oxygen therapy
  • Arterial Blood gases, Digital Pulse Oximetry
  • Restrictive vs Obstructive Disease
  • "Why does my oxygen saturation drop when I get up and move around"
  • To Pulse or Not to Pulse
  • Much ado about CO2
  • Diffusion Confusion
  • Spirometry Geometry
  • Overlap Syndrome
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • How Rare Is Your Lung Disease
  • Even Presidents Get Sick
  • Have you Reached Your Saturation Point Yet?

 

Books Expand

COPD for Dummies, Kevin Felner, M.D. and Meg Schneider

Enjoying Life With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, T.L. Petty, M.D. & Louise M. Nett

Frontline Advice for COPD Patients, Co-edited by James T. Good, Fr., MD and Thomas Petty, MD

 

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