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Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
priate starting point for consultation by specialists.Substantial overlap exists among the patients whom these guidelines address and those discussed in the recently published g...
Standardization of Spirometry 2019 Update. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Technical Statement
<b>Background:</b> Spirometry is the most common pulmonary function test. It is widely used in the assessment of lung function to provide objective information used in the diagn...
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America
<b>Background:</b> This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia.<b>Methods:</b> A mul...
Health effects of outdoor air pollution. Part 2. Committee of the Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly of the American Thoracic Society.
Although sources of airborne lead have been reduced over the last decade, particularly with the use of lead-free gasoline, there are still relatively high levels of lead contami...
Health effects of outdoor air pollution. Committee of the Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly of the American Thoracic Society.
Particles, SOx, and acid aerosols are a complex group of distinct pollutants that have common sources and usually covary in concentration. During the past two decades, the chemi...