{"id":27,"date":"2014-12-08T22:23:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T22:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/pulmonary-insights\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2016-11-29T11:56:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T16:56:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;465&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;insights-intro&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/university-of-cincinnati-medical-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Cincinnati Medical Center<\/a> is pleased to share with you <em>Pulmonary\u00a0<\/em><i>Insights,<\/i>\u00a0an educational resource with information on the cutting-edge research, clinical trials, training and innovative treatments that are advancing the field.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"columns clearfix\"><ul class=\"blog column_left\"><li class=\" post post-468 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized tag-francis-x-mccormack tag-lam tag-lam-guideline\"><ul class=\"comment_box clearfix\"><li class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">03 JAN 18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow_date\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"post_content\"><a class=\"post_image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/university-of-cincinnati-faculty-lead-development-of-lam-guidelines\/\" title=\"University of Cincinnati Faculty Lead Development of LAM Guidelines\"><span class=\"mc_preloader\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2017\/12\/LAM-algorithm-408x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medicenter-gallery-image size-medicenter-gallery-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Cincinnati Faculty Lead Development of LAM Guidelines\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/university-of-cincinnati-faculty-lead-development-of-lam-guidelines\/\" title=\"University of Cincinnati Faculty Lead Development of LAM Guidelines\">University of Cincinnati Faculty Lead Development of LAM Guidelines<\/a><\/h2><p>\u201cAlthough lymphangioleiomyomatosis [LAM] is a rare condition, many pulmonary physicians will encounter it at some point in their careers, and it is important for the community to have the tools to properly diagnose and manage the disease,\u201d said Francis McCormack, MD, University of Cincinnati Taylor Professor and director, division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep<\/p>\n<a title=\"Read more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/university-of-cincinnati-faculty-lead-development-of-lam-guidelines\/\" class=\"more\">Read more &rarr;<\/a>\t\t<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\"><ul class=\"post_footer_details\"><li>Posted in <\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"View all posts filed under Uncategorized\">Uncategorized<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\" post post-519 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-uncategorized tag-adam-cole tag-lam tag-lymphangioleiomyomatosis tag-nishant-gupta tag-spirometry\"><ul class=\"comment_box clearfix\"><li class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">03 JAN 18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow_date\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"post_content\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/home-spirometry-is-the-future-of-monitoring-lung-disease-progression-in-lam-patients\/\" title=\"Home Spirometry Is the Future of Monitoring Lung Disease Progression in LAM Patients\">Home Spirometry Is the Future of Monitoring Lung Disease Progression in LAM Patients<\/a><\/h2><p>Home spirometry is being added as a secondary end point in a lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) trial soon to begin enrollment at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center. Its inclusion is aimed at helping to assess the feasibility and reliability of performing home spirometry among patients with LAM. \u201cChecking lung function more often will result in<\/p>\n<a title=\"Read more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/home-spirometry-is-the-future-of-monitoring-lung-disease-progression-in-lam-patients\/\" class=\"more\">Read more &rarr;<\/a>\t\t<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\"><ul class=\"post_footer_details\"><li>Posted in <\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/category\/news\/\" title=\"View all posts filed under News\">News<\/a>, \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"View all posts filed under Uncategorized\">Uncategorized<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\" post post-502 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-dcld tag-diffuse-cystic-lung-diseases tag-hrct tag-lam tag-nishant-gupta tag-primary-spontaneous-pneumothorax tag-psp\"><ul class=\"comment_box clearfix\"><li class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">03 JAN 18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow_date\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"post_content\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/hrct-is-cost-effective-in-screening-for-diffuse-cystic-lung-diseases-in-patients-presenting-with-a-spontaneous-pneumothorax\/\" title=\"HRCT is Cost-Effective in Screening for Diffuse Cystic Lung Diseases in Patients Presenting with a Spontaneous Pneumothorax\">HRCT is Cost-Effective in Screening for Diffuse Cystic Lung Diseases in Patients Presenting with a Spontaneous Pneumothorax<\/a><\/h2><p>\u201cA strategy of performing high-resolution computed tomography [HRCT] scanning followed by pleurodesis is cost-effective in screening for the presence of diffuse cystic lung diseases (DCLDs) in patients who present with an apparent primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP),\u201d said Nishant Gupta, MD, assistant professor of medicine and director of the Interstitial Lung Diseases Center, University of Cincinnati<\/p>\n<a title=\"Read more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/hrct-is-cost-effective-in-screening-for-diffuse-cystic-lung-diseases-in-patients-presenting-with-a-spontaneous-pneumothorax\/\" class=\"more\">Read more &rarr;<\/a>\t\t<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\"><ul class=\"post_footer_details\"><li>Posted in <\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"View all posts filed under Uncategorized\">Uncategorized<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"blog column_right\"><li class=\" post post-425 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-francis-x-mccormack tag-hyperpolarized-gas-mri tag-mri-in-the-lung tag-proton-mri tag-pulmonary-parenchyma\"><ul class=\"comment_box clearfix\"><li class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">14 NOV 16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow_date\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"post_content\"><a class=\"post_image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/novel-uses-mri-lung\/\" title=\"Novel MRI Approaches Provide Risk-free High Resolution Images of Lung Structures\"><span class=\"mc_preloader\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2016\/10\/MRI-in-the-lung-thumbnail-353x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medicenter-gallery-image size-medicenter-gallery-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Novel MRI Approaches Provide Risk-free High Resolution Images of Lung Structures\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/novel-uses-mri-lung\/\" title=\"Novel MRI Approaches Provide Risk-free High Resolution Images of Lung Structures\">Novel MRI Approaches Provide Risk-free High Resolution Images of Lung Structures<\/a><\/h2><p>\u201cMost of us were taught that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not useful for studying the pulmonary parenchyma; but that is changing,\u201d says Frank McCormack, MD. Jason Woods, PhD, agrees that use of MRI in pulmonary disease is coming of age, as clinicians learn that novel MRI approaches can provide risk-free high resolution images of<\/p>\n<a title=\"Read more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/novel-uses-mri-lung\/\" class=\"more\">Read more &rarr;<\/a>\t\t<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\"><ul class=\"post_footer_details\"><li>Posted in <\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/category\/news\/\" title=\"View all posts filed under News\">News<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\" post post-445 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-acute-exacerbations-of-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease tag-aecopd tag-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease tag-muhammad-zafar tag-quality-improvement tag-readmissions\"><ul class=\"comment_box clearfix\"><li class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">14 NOV 16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow_date\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"post_content\"><a class=\"post_image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/uc-medical-center-reduces-readmissions-copd-exacerbation-35\/\" title=\"University of Cincinnati Medical Center Reduces Readmissions After COPD Exacerbation by 35%\"><span class=\"mc_preloader\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2016\/10\/iCARE-image-480x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medicenter-gallery-image size-medicenter-gallery-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Cincinnati Medical Center Reduces Readmissions After COPD Exacerbation by 35%\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/uc-medical-center-reduces-readmissions-copd-exacerbation-35\/\" title=\"University of Cincinnati Medical Center Reduces Readmissions After COPD Exacerbation by 35%\">University of Cincinnati Medical Center Reduces Readmissions After COPD Exacerbation by 35%<\/a><\/h2><p>University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center has reduced hospital readmissions in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) by more than 30% over the past eight months. Muhammad Zafar, MD, clinical instructor and medical director of pulmonary rehabilitation at the UC Medical Center, is the head of the quality improvement project, Improving<\/p>\n<a title=\"Read more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/uc-medical-center-reduces-readmissions-copd-exacerbation-35\/\" class=\"more\">Read more &rarr;<\/a>\t\t<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\"><ul class=\"post_footer_details\"><li>Posted in <\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/category\/news\/\" title=\"View all posts filed under News\">News<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\" post post-435 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-asthma tag-edac tag-excessive-dynamic-airway-collapse tag-julian-guitron tag-sadia-benzaquen tag-tracheomalacia\"><ul class=\"comment_box clearfix\"><li class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"value\">14 NOV 16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow_date\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"post_content\"><a class=\"post_image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/poorly-controlled-asthma-suspected-consider-excessive-dynamic-airway-collapse-edac\/\" title=\"If Poorly Controlled Asthma is Suspected, Consider Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC)\"><span class=\"mc_preloader\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2016\/10\/EDAC-5-480x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medicenter-gallery-image size-medicenter-gallery-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"If Poorly Controlled Asthma is Suspected, Consider Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC)\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/poorly-controlled-asthma-suspected-consider-excessive-dynamic-airway-collapse-edac\/\" title=\"If Poorly Controlled Asthma is Suspected, Consider Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC)\">If Poorly Controlled Asthma is Suspected, Consider Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse (EDAC)<\/a><\/h2><p>In a new program at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center, patients who have a presentation consistent with poorly controlled asthma are undergoing testing to determine if they actually have excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC) instead. EDAC is a common condition in which the soft tissue of the posterior wall of the trachea bulges<\/p>\n<a title=\"Read more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/poorly-controlled-asthma-suspected-consider-excessive-dynamic-airway-collapse-edac\/\" class=\"more\">Read more &rarr;<\/a>\t\t<div class=\"post_footer clearfix\"><ul class=\"post_footer_details\"><li>Posted in <\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/category\/news\/\" title=\"View all posts filed under News\">News<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul class='pagination page_margin_top'><li class='selected'><span>1<\/span><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27?paged=2'>2<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27?paged=3'>3<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27?paged=4'>4<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27?paged=5'>5<\/a><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;default-sidebar&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;465&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;insights-intro&#8221;]University of Cincinnati Medical Center is pleased to share with you Pulmonary\u00a0Insights,\u00a0an educational resource with information on the cutting-edge research, clinical trials, training and innovative treatments that are advancing the field.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;default-sidebar&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.com\/pulmonary-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}