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• General Overview of the Pulmonary System -I and II - CELL, Arizona (US)
  Electric Lung Anatomy [Thompson et al.], the International Thoracic Teaching Resource, and about Diagnosing Diffuse Lung Diseases - Virtual Hospital, University of Iowa (US)
  Bronchoscopic Aspects of Human Lung Diseases - Korányi Nat'l Inst of Pulmonology (HU)
  Interactive Respiratory Physiology including Breathing Mechanics tutorials - JHU (US)
  Pulmonary-Critical Care Pathophysiology [S Louie; educ.] - UC/Davis (US)
  Respiratory Examination Notes [educ.] - U of Florida (US)
  Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Mt. Sinai Med C, Cleveland, OH (US)
  Respiratory Physiology [LR Vives] - (US)
  Pulmonary Medicine - The Family Practice Handbook, University of Iowa (US)
  Measuring Air Content of the Lung [Mullan & Cook-Granroth], and about Pulmonary Blood Flow [Hoffman & Cook-Granroth] - NLM Teleradiology Project (US)
  The Virtual Stethscope Project at McGill Univ (CA)
  Lung Sounds - R.A.L.E. Repository (CA)
  Lung Sound Reviews [S Louie] - UC/Davis
  Respiratory Disease & Asthma Center - PharmInfo (US)
  Brief Profiles of Some Respiratory Infections Pathogens - Respir Infect (UK)
  About certain Airborne Pathogen Viruses, Airborne Pathogen Bacteria, Fungi, and a Summary Table - Penn State Univ.
  Pulmonary Pathology Index [images] - WebPath, Utah (US)
  MedFacts: Respiratory Disease Issues - Nat'l Jewish C for Immunology and Respiratory Med (US)
  Pulmonary Imaging [M Tulchinski] and about 67Ga Imaging of Pulmonary Disorders (Infection & Inflammation) [J Bauman] - Univ. of Texas/San Antonio (US)
  Maladies 'Orphelines' Pulmonaires [in French] - Univ. Claude-Bernard, Lyon (FR)
  The Drug-Induced Lung Diseases Page on the Web - Univ Hosp of Dijon (FR)
  Am. Association of Respiratory Care - (US)
  Chronic Lung Disease - Cheshire Medical C., N Hampshire (US)
  About Upper Airway Problems in Children [Santer & Alessandro] - University of Iowa (US)
  Second Wind - US Nat'l Lung Transplant Assoc.

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  TRACHEAL DISEASES

  • Tracheal Stenosis
    • Benign Tracheal Stenosis [SA Eicher] - Baylor College (US)
    • Tracheal Stenosis [Kao et al] - NLM Teleradiology Project (US)
    • On Laryngotracheal Reconstruction, a talk by [R Cotton]

  
  PLEURAL DISEASES

  • Pneumothorax
    • Pneumothorax Forum - MedicineNet
      
    • About Pneumothorax - LUHS/Loyola U. (US)
    • Pneumothorax [L Leavell] - Virtual Hosp., Iowa (US)
  • Pleural Effusion
    • Pleural Effusion - Lumen/Loyola Univ. (US)
  • Pleurisy
    • About Pleurisy - HealthAnswers
    • Pleurisy - OnHealth
    • About Pleurisy - via NetWellness
    • On SLE and Pleurisy - LUPUS Found. of Am.

  
  BRONCHIAL DISEASES

  • Bronchitis
    • Bronchitis - GlaxoWellcome
    • Acute Bronchitis and Acute COPD Exacerbation [S Louie; educ.] - UC/Davis (US)
    • About Bronchitis - WellnessWeb (US)
    • About Chronic Bronchitis - Am. Lung Association (US)
    • Bronchiolitis
      • Respiratory Bronchiolitis (1.5 yr child) - Virtual Hosp., Iowa (US)
      • Bronchiolitis - via Adam.Com and about Respiratory Bronchiolitis [Brown & Sullivan] - Chest (US)
      • Bronchiolitis Obliterans - (US)
      • Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
        • Bronchiolitis Obliterans and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) [GR Epler]
        • Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) [GR Epler],
        • Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) [slide, micro] - KUMC

  
  RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
  Infections of the Respiratory System [Dasaraju & Liu] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
  About Viral Respiratory Infections [GA Keen] - (ZA)
  

  • Common Cold
    • The Common Cold [PJ Casano] - Jackson, MS (US)
    • Common Cold [Buttaravoli & Stair] - (US)
    • Cold, Flu or Pneumonia? - Mayo Health Oasis (US)
    • The Common Cold Centre - (UK)
    • Common Cold and Vitamin C - The Cochrane Library (UK)
    • About protease inhibitor AG70-88 - CNN Sep '98
    • Echinacea (Purple Cone Flower): Herbal Cold Buster? [P Kendall] - PenPages
    • Colds: How to Know... What to do... When [EJ Carstensen] - The Medical Reporter (US)
    • Rhinoviruses [GA Keen] - (ZA)
    • Visualizations of Rhinovirus Crystal (X-Ray) Structures - Univ. of Wisconsin (US)
  • Whooping Cough
    • About Pertussis - NY State Dept. of Health (US)
    • Pertussis [.pdf format] - Pink Book/CDC
    • Pertussis.com - Stemrich & Assoc.
    • About Bordetella pertussis and Whooping Cough [K Todar] - U of Wisconsin (US)
    • Bordetella - U of Texas/Houston (US)
  • Sinusitis
    • Sinus Problems - Nasal & Sinus Treatment Center, NYU Medical Center (US)
    • URI and Sinusitis [educ.] - Stanford Med. School (US)
    • Sinusitis information - Harvard
    • Sinusitis for physicians - and others [S Tichenor]
    • A practical guide for the diagnosis and treatment of acute sinusitis - Canadian Med Assoc.
    • About Sinusitis [A. Gandy] - PedBase (CA)
    • Acute Sinusitis [ME Prater] and Endoscopic Surgery for Pediatric Sinusitis [K McDonald] - UTMB
    • Management of Chronic Sinus Disease in Children [SA Eicher] - Baylor Coll of Med
    • Endoscopy Aids Diagnosis, Treatment of Sinusitis [R Toohill] - Froedtert Hosp.
    • Complications of Sinusitis [CM Giannoni] - Baylor College (US)
  • Pharyngitis
    • On Sore Throat [VN Reddy]
    • Taking Care of Sore Throat - Harvard Pilgrim Health Library (US)
    • Diagnosing & Treating Pharyngitis (Sore Throat) [Buttaravoli & Stair] - (US)
  • Rhinoscleroma
    • About Subglottic Stenosis in the Adult [SM Overholt] - Baylor College (US)
  • Pneumonia
    • About Pneumonia - Am. Lung Association (US)
    • Pneumonia Overview - MedStudents (BR)
    • Pneumonia in Children - KidsHealth (US)
    • Bacterial Pneumonia - CDC/NCIDOD (US)
    • A Review of Pneumonia [D Pham] - U of Florida (US)
    • A 15-year-old girl with fever and cough ... - Virtual PNP
    • About Pneumonia - Group A Streptococcal [A. Gandy] - PedBase (CA)
    • Defining the Public Health Impact of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae - MMWR via CDC (US)
    • About Pneumonia - Haemophilus Influenzae [A. Gandy] - PedBase
    • About Pneumonia - Pneumococcal [A. Gandy] - PedBase
    • About Pneumonia - Staphylococcal [A. Gandy] - PedBase
    • About Community Acquired Pneumonia - University Health Services, Chicago (US).
    • Community Acquired Pneumonia [D Kollek] - McMaster U. (CA).
    • Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia [S Louie; educ.] - UC/Davis (US)
    • Pneumocystis carinii [L Vandenborn] - Bugs on the Web (CA)
    • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis in AIDS patients - Proj. Inform (US).
    • Exudative Pneumonia, microscopic image - Urbana Atlas of Pathology (US).

  
  RESPIRATION DISORDERS

  • Cough
    • About Chronic Cough in Children - CME/Baylor College (US).
    • A case of Chronic Cough - University Health Services, Chicago (US).
  • Stridor (not a MeSH term)
    • Evaluating Stridor and Wheezing [LD Holinger] - ChildsDoc
    • Stridor in Neonates, Infants and Children [R Pachigolla] - Dr Quinn's Textbook/UTMB
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    • About Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Children's Hosp/U of Wisconsin (US)
    • Respiratory Distress Syndrome [D Steele] - eMedicine
    • The US Nat'l Respiratory Distress Syndrome Foundation
  • Airway Obstruction
    • First Aid Tips in cases of Breathing Difficulty, Choking and Fainting - First Aid Online (US)
    • Choking / Airway Obstruction [CD Sullivan] - (US).
    • The Pediatric Airway Obstruction Page [M Rothschild] - (US).
    • Airway Emergencies [Heatley & Ford] - U of Wisconsin/Surgery (US).
    • Management of Airway Emergencies - AACR Guidelines (US).
    • Hanging Injuries and Strangulation - E-medicine
  • Apnea
    • About Sleep Apnea - NINDS/NIH (US)
    • Breathing Disorders During Sleep - NHLBI via Med Help Int'l, FL (US).
    • Sleep apnea, the phantom cause of heart disease and accidents [J Halberstadt]
    • Sleep Apnea - Society of Alberta (CA)
    • Guidelines for the Referral & Management of Snoring and Sleep Apnoea - Equip Magazine (UK)
    • Laser Surgery for Snoring and Sleep Apnea and an article: One-Stage Laser-Assisted Uvulopalatoplasty [Dickson and Mintz] - J of Otolaryngology, 25(3), 1996
    • Pacemaker Support for Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, CCHS [case story] - The Dobelle Group

  
  RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY

  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis - MedicineNet
    
  • Asthma
    • Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Online - Arlington Hights, IL (US)
    • Asthma Management Model System - NHLBI (US)
    • Asthma: A Pocket Guide for Physicians and Nurses - GIA
    • Am. Acad. of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
    • On the Differential Diagnosis of Asthma ... [CA Shapiro]
    • Asthma Information Center - JAMA (US)
    • About Asthma - Am. Lung Association (US)
    • What is Asthma? [Tutorial for Children and Parents] - University of Virginia (US)
    • About Allergies and Asthma - McKinley Health Center, Illinois (US)
    • Asthma Educational Program - Loyola Univ. (US)
    • Breath of Life [exhibition around asthma] - NLM/NIH (US)
    • Scottish Respiratory Site - (UK)
    • European Federation of Asthma and Allergy Associations
    • Asthma Management Handbook 1996 - Nat'l Asthma Campaign (AU)
    • About Corticosteroids - Inhalation - HealthAnswers
    • Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children [M Weinberger] - U of Iowa (US)
    • Leukotriene synthesis inhibitors - will they be useful in asthma? [Israel et al] - via Silverplatter
    • Asthma Medications [USENET FAQs] - via Ohio State Univ. (US)
    • Role of Vitamin C in Asthma Unclear [Med Sci Bull Nov. 94] - PharmInfo (US)
    • Global Initiative for Asthma
    • The Allergy Discussion Mailing List (@ tamu.edu) and the Allergy Basics Center [B Kinnaman] - (US)
    • Allergy & Asthma Web Page - University of North Carolina (US)
    • Aktuella Pollenrapporter [in Swedish] - Palynological Lab., Museum of Natural History (SE)
    • Pollution/Mortality Data from 239 American Cities - NRDC, May '96 (US)

  
  RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES

  • Kartageners Syndrome
    • Kartageners Syndrome - ParentsPlace
    • About Kartageners Syndrome [AP Hutchins] - (UK)
    • About Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia [JO Fordice] - Baylor Coll., Houston (US)
    • Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia [C O'Callaghan] - Leicester U. (UK)
    • A Case of Kartagener's Syndrome [AR Manzo] -(US)

  
  LUNG DISEASES

  • The Chronic Lung Disease Information Resource including a Chronic Lung Disease Forum - Cheshire Med C./Dartmouth (US)
    
  • The American Lung Association
    
  • Pulmonary Emphysema
    • About Emphysema - Am. Lung Association (US)
    • Emphysema: When you can't catch your breath - Healthbeat, University of Washington (US)
    • Emphysema Newsletter - Thoracic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital (US)
    • Management of Obstructive Lung Disease [educ.M Jacobs] - Stanford Med. School (US)
    • Living with COPD - The Lung Assoc. (CA)
    • COPD information - Colorado HealthNet (US)
    • About COPD - Nat'l Jewish C for Immunology & Respir. Med (US)
    • About Corticosteroid Therapy in Patients With COPD [ML Erbland] - Chest (US)
    • "Inherited" Emphysema - Alpha1 Proteinase Inhibitor Deficiency - Nat'l Jewish C for Immunology & Respir. Med (US)
    • About A1AD Related Emphysema - Am. Lung Association (US)
  • Atelectasis
    • About Atelectasis - HealthAnswers
    • Atelectasis (collapse of lung) synopsis - RxMed
    • Atelectasis - Creighton U. (US)
    • Atelectasis [pathol image] - Semmelweis U. (HU)
  • Wegener's Granulomatosis
    • Wegener's Granulomatosis Fact Sheet - NIAID
    • Wegener's Granulomatosis Site [S Barouta]
    • About Wegener's granulomatosis - HealthAnswers
    • Wegener's Granulomatosis Support Group, Inc. [C Swart]
    • A case of Wegener's Granulomatosis [Goldblatt & Bastacky] - U of Pittsburgh
    • A Case of Wegener's Granulomatosis: Diagnosis and Management [VS Sangwan] - MEEI (US)
    • A Case of Wegener's Granulomatosis [R Mallampalli] - The Virtual Hospital, U Iowa (US)
  • Berylliosis
    • Beryllium Disease - Nat'l Jewish C for Immunology and Respiratory Med (US)
    • Chronic Beryllium Disease Support Group
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
    • About the Pulmonary Fibrosis unit at SCOR/Univ of Michigan (US)
    • Interstitial Lung Diseases (lung scarring) [patient info; Dayton et al] - Virt Hosp/Iowa
    • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis [Galvin & D'Alessandro] - Virt Hosp/Iowa
    • Pulmonary Fibrosis Information Page
    • The Pulmonary Forum - Internet J of Pulmonary Med
    • Pulmonary Fibrosis, micro and image of a "Honeycomb" lung - WebPath/Utah
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
    • About Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia ( BPD ) - Children's Hosp., Ontario (CA)
  • Pulmonary Embolism
    • About Pulmonary embolism: Targeting an elusive enemy [K Anselmi Majoros]
    • On the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolus - Virtual Hospital, University of Iowa (US)
    • Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism - UMass Med. School (US)

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