Links

Northern Virginia Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates
recommend the following webpages:

Asthma

• Getting Your Asthma Under Control, A Self-Evaluation–a patient guide from the American College of Chest Physicians and the Chicago Asthma Consortium [English] pdf | [Spanish] pdf
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 2: “Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma”
  • Lung Diseases Information

Bronchoscopy

• Flexible Bronchoscopy, a Patient Education Guide by the American College of Chest Physicians

COPD

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Emphysema

• National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT): Evaluation of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Emphysema

Affordable Prescription Drugs

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance – helps qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need.
• RxAssist – Patient assistance programs are run by pharmaceutical companies to provide free medications to people who cannot afford to buy their medicine. RxAssist offers a comprehensive database of these patient assistance programs.
• Needy Meds – A resource for people who cannot afford medicine or other healthcare costs, NeedyMeds has information on nearly 800 programs.

Helpful Websites

• National Home Oxygen Patients Association (NHOPA)
• The Pulmonary Paper – Dedicated to Respiratory Health Care

Prevention

• The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Web site provides practical health care information to consumers, researchers and health professionals, including information on how to stop smoking
• The Prevention of Lung Disease and the Promotion of Lung Health is the Goal of the National Health Education Program (NLHEP)

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Team Approach to Improving the Quality of Life, a Patient Education Guide by the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Choose one of the conditions below to find assistance, support, or resources.

Asthma

• Allergy and Asthma Network, Mothers of Asthmatics
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)

COPD

• COPD-Support, Inc.
• Second Wind Lung Transplant Association, Inc.

Cystic Fibrosis

• CysticFibrosis.Com
• The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Cystic Fibrosis Research Inc.
• Cystic Fibrosis Worldwide

Emphysema

• DontSmoke.com
• Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive (EFFORTS)
• The National Emphysema Foundation (NEF)

Flu

• AvianFluChannel
• FluChannel

Lung Cancer

• The Alliance for Lung Cancer (ALCASE)
• It’s Time to Focus on Lung Cancer
• Lung Cancer Online 
• The National Familial Lung Cancer Registry
• Mesothelioma

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• American Sleep Apnea Association 
• AWAKE (Alert, Well, and Keeping Energetic)
• National Sleep Foundation 

Sarcoidosis

• Arthritis Foundation 
• National Sarcoidosis Resource Center (NSRC)

Tuberculosis

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Division of Tuberculosis Elimination 
• National Tuberculosis Center

Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Network

Other Pulmonology Resources

• Alpha1Association
• American Lung Association (ALA) 
• Family Caregiver Alliance
• Pulmonary Hypertension Association

Clinical Trials

• CenterWatch