2008 ATS Reading List

This updated edition of the ATS Reading List includes articles published through March, 2008.  We have added and removed a substantial number of articles and further refined the overall organization of the syllabus.

The primary goal of the ATS Reading List is to compile clinically relevant articles familiar to all “well-read” adult pulmonary and critical care physicians.  Clinicians wishing to delve into influential original research articles rather than rely solely on the distilled summaries offered by review articles will find it to be a particularly rich resource. The Reading List is not intended to be a “Best Evidence Guide” to pulmonary and critical care medicine, substitute for on-line resources like UpToDate, or another Board Review tool. We have included the following types of articles:

• Clinical studies that are shaping the debate over the current standard of care
• Landmark articles of historical significance
• A select number of highly influential practice guidelines
• Limited number of review articles meeting at least one of the following criteria:
  • Prominent Pulmonary topic lacking landmark articles or large clinical trials
  • Select topics in Non-Pulmonary Critical Care for which Pulmonary Critical Care providers typically turn to consultants for assistance

The selection of articles is based primarily upon literature searches and various “Year in Review” summaries. The content has been reviewed and approved by the ATS Training Committee, and we offer sincere thanks to its members for their valuable editorial input.  We acknowledge the process of selecting articles is, to some degree, inherently subjective.  Feedback from readers has resulted in substantial improvements to the Reading List, and we welcome additional comments from you.

Please send comments and suggestions to Robert Kempainen, MD at: kempa001@umn.edu

1st Edition: Robert Kempainen, MD, University of Minnesota
                   Catherine Lee, MD, University of Washington
2004 Update: Gimino V, Kempainen RR, University of Minnesota
2006 Update: Qureshi AS, Kempainen RR, University of Minnesota                                       
2007 Update: Rich TP, Kempainen RR, University of Minnesota                                             
2008 Update: Ham KR, Kempainen RR, University of Minnesota
                        With thanks to Christopher Carlsten, University of British Columbia for Occupational And Environmental Medicine update 2006-2008

• ARDS
• Asthma
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Community-acquired Pneumonia
• COPD
• Cough
• Cardiology Critical Care
  
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Drug-Induced Lung Disease
• End of Life Care
• Endocrine Critical Care
• ENT Critical Care
• Gastroenterology Critical Care
• Hemodynamics
  
• Hemoptysis
• HIV and Pulmonary Disease
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, Weaning, and Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
• Lung Cancer/Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
  
• Lung Transplantation
• Mycobacterial Diseases
• Nephrology Critical Care
• Neurology Critical Care
• Obstetrics and Critical Care
• Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Parapneumonic Effusion
• Pre/Post-op Pulmonary Assessment and Management
  
• Procedures
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary Function Testing
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Sedation and Analgesia
• Sepsis
• Sleep Medicine
• Smoking Cessation
• Transfusion in Critical Care
• Tuberculosis
• Ventilator-associated Pneumonia