4 Topic Commentaries

Top 10 evidence-based essentials in pulmonology

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  Russell Hales, MD

  Radiation Oncology

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine, Kimmel Cancer Center

  Because of the National Lung Screening Trial and support from leaders in lung cancer treatment and prevention, low-dose CT scans of the chest are now a standard of care in hospitals across the country, including Johns Hopkins,

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  Bradley A. Sharpe, MD

  Hospital Medicine (Internal Medicine)

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  University of California, San Francisco

  Imagine if, for the cost of a single sheet of paper and the effort required to place it in the patient's medical chart, you could reduce length of stay by 2 days and save up to $4600 per patient yet have no impact on readmission rate, 30-day mortality, or patient satisfaction.

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  John Costello, MD

  Pulmonology

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  Mayo Clinic Healthcare (London)

  So the prevention of asthma as a condition is quite difficult. What you can prevent is the frequency and severity of attacks by the use of regular treatment.

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  Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS

  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  There’s evidence that nicotine is the most addictive molecule known to man, and cigarettes are designed to be highly potent nicotine delivery systems,

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