UCCH Resident Rotation

Goals & Objectives/Schedule: Pulmonary Selective U of C 7-3-08 revision

TOP ARTICLES / RECOMMENDED READING:

Please note that a copies of the elective syllabus are also available in the departmental office.

1. Brown, MA and WJ Morgan. Clinical assessment and approach to common problem, In: Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, ed. Taussig and Landau; Mosby, 1999. pg. 136-152.
2. Review of lung development
3. Pulmonary infection in Cystic Fibrosis
4. Cystic fibrosis: A 2002 update
5. Chronic lung disease of infancy (BPD)
6. Asthma -- please see review by Dr. Sharma on www.emedicine.com
7. Asthma -- NAEPP guidelines
8. Asthma -- clinical index to define risk
9. Global Initiative for Asthma 2006
10. ALTE evaluation
11. Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in children
12. Disorders of the respiratory muscles
13. Pulmonary function testing
14. Mechanical ventilation
15. Quiz questions and cases