
Breathe Easy
Conversations in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine by the American Thoracic Society
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Apr 6, 2021 • 38min
A Thoracic Surgeon’s Perspective on Surgical Resection of Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Guest: Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH; Thoracic Surgeon/Associate Professor/Associate Program Director for the University of Washington Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Programs; University of Washington Host: Matthew Triplette, MD, MPH; Medical Director, Lung Cacner Early Detection and Prevention Clinic (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance), Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington

Mar 30, 2021 • 38min
Sleep and the SARS CoV2 Pandemic: A Sleep Physician's Perspective
More Information: ATS COVID-19 Resource CenterGuest: Dr Clete Kushida, Professor of Psychiatry At Stanford and Division Chief of Stanford Sleep MedicineHost: Sumit Bhargava, MD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford and Medical Director of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Sleep Laboratory.

Mar 23, 2021 • 49min
Critical Perspective: Management of Shock in COVID-19, One Year into the Pandemic
More Information: ATS COVID-19 Resource Center

Mar 16, 2021 • 34min
Critical Perspective: Therapeutics for COVID-19, Insights One Year into the Pandemic
More Information: ATS COVID-19 Resource Center

Mar 9, 2021 • 42min
Critical Perspective: Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Adults with Sepsis
In this “Breathe Easy Critical Perspective” podcast, Dr. Dominique Pepper interviews Dr. Christopher Hughes. They discuss the 2021 NEJM February article that investigated the use of propofol vs. dexmedetomidine for sedation in mechanically ventilated adults with sepsis. Dr. Hughes serves as Chief of the Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Division, as Medical Director of the Neuro ICU, and as a member of the VUMC Institutional Review Board at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN.

Mar 2, 2021 • 21min
Therapeutic Advancements for Cystic Fibrosis
Guest: Kristina Montemayor, MD MHS, John Hopkins UniversityHost: Michelle L. Manni, PhD, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Feb 23, 2021 • 28min
Critical Perspective: Endotracheal Intubation in Adults with COVID-19: Insights One Year into the Pandemic
More Information: ATS COVID-19 Resource Center

Feb 16, 2021 • 55min
Critical Perspective: ARDS in COVID-19: Insights One Year into the Pandemic
More Information: ATS COVID-19 Resource Center

Feb 9, 2021 • 16min
ASPIRE fellowship interview
Supplementshttps://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.20.0403https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33443226/Guest: Dr. Lucas Donovan/University of Washington & VA Puget Sound Health Care System Host: Dr. Anna M. May/VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare SystemFor more information about the ASPIRE fellowship, please check out their website.Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

Feb 2, 2021 • 23min
Critical Perspective: Hydrocortisone, Ascorbic Acid, and Thiamine (HAT) Therapy in Septic shock
In this “Breathe Easy Critical Perspective” podcast, Dr. Dominique Pepper interviews Dr. Emily Vail. They discuss the use of hydrocortisone, ascorbic acid, and thiamine therapy in septic shock and its implications for COVID-19. Dr. Vail is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania.
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