Update in Pulmonary Medicine
Authors: Steven E. Weinberger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2006)

Updates7 March 2006Update in Pulmonary MedicineSteven E. Weinberger, MDSteven E. Weinberger, MDFrom the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-144-5-200603070-00012 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail This Update addresses important disorders and clinical questions that are relevant to both pulmonary subspecialists and general internists. It includes high-quality articles that were published in 2004 on the topics of interstitial lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, asthma, lung cancer, community-acquired pneumonia, and eosinophilic pneumonia in military personnel serving in Iraq, a “disease of the times.”Interstitial Lung DiseaseCombination Therapy with Corticosteroids and Cyclophosphamide Was No More Effective than No Therapy in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Collard HR, Ryu JH, Douglas WW, et al. Combined corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide therapy does not alter survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Chest. ...References1. Selman M, King TE, Pardo A. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: prevailing and evolving hypotheses about its pathogenesis and implications for therapy. Ann Intern Med. 2001;134:136-51. [PMID: 11177318] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Flaherty KR, Toews GB, Lynch JP, Kazerooni EA, Gross BH, Strawderman RL, et al. Steroids in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a prospective assessment of adverse reactions, response to therapy, and survival. Am J Med. 2001;110:278-82. [PMID: 11239846] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Ziesche R, Hofbauer E, Wittmann K, Petkov V, Block LH. A preliminary study of long-term treatment with interferon gamma-1b and low-dose prednisolone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 1999;341:1264-9. [PMID: 10528036] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. van Beek EJ, Brouwerst EM, Song B, Stein PD, Oudkerk M. Clinical validity of a normal pulmonary angiogram in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism—a critical review. Clin Radiol. 2001;56:838-42. [PMID: 11895301] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Cookson W, Moffat M. Making sense of asthma genes. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1794-6. [PMID: 15496632] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Steven E. Weinberger, MDAffiliations: From the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Disclosures: None disclosed.Corresponding Author: Steven E. Weinberger, MD, American College of Physicians, Medical Knowledge and Education Division, 190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106; e-mail, sweinberger@acponline.org. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGraduate Medical Education Reform: Moving the Elephant 7 March 2006Volume 144, Issue 5Page: 358-363KeywordsAsthmaCorticosteroid therapyDeep vein thrombosisEnzyme linked immunosorbent assayInterstitial lung diseasesPneumoniaPulmonary embolismThorax ePublished: 7 March 2006 Issue Published: 7 March 2006 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2006 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...