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- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Asthma in the Workplace (2009)
- Diagnosis and Initial Management of Nonmalignant Diseases Related to Asbestos (2004)
- Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Asthma Risk at Work, School, and Recreation (2004)
- Occupational Contribution to the Burden of Airway Disease (2003)
- Proceedings of the First Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium (2003)
- Workshop on Lung Disease and the Environment: Where Do We Go From Here? (2003)
- What Constitutes an Adverse Health Effect of Air Pollution? (1999)
- Respiratory Health Hazards in Agriculture (1998)
- Adverse Effects of Crystalline Silica Exposure (1997)
- American Thoracic Society Workshop: Achieving Healthy Indoor Air (1997)
- Respiratory Protection Guidelines (1996)
- Report of the ATS Workshop on the Health Effects of Atmospheric Acids and Their Precursors (1991)
- Microbiology, Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Infections
- An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases (2007)
- Online Supplement-An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases (2007)
- Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (2007)
- An Official ATS Statement: Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy (2006)
- Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired, Ventilator-associated, and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia (2005)
- An Official ATS Workshop Summary: Recent Advances and Future Directions in Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) (2006)
- ATS/CDC/IDSA Statement: Treatment of Tuberculosis (2003)
- Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia (2001)
- Update: Fatal and Severe Liver Injuries Associated With Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Latent Tuberculosis Infection, and Revisions in American Thoracic Society/ CDC Recommendations-United States, 2001 (2001)
- Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (2000)
- ATS Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (1997)
- Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis (1997)
- Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in Adults and Children (1994)
- Pulmonary Function and Exercise Testing
- ATS/ERS Task Force Standardisation of Lung Function Testing: General considerations for lung function testing (2005)
- ATS/ERS Task Force Standardisation of Lung Function Testing: Interpretative strategies for lung function tests (2005)
- ATS/ERS Task Force Standardisation of Lung Function Testing: Standardisation of the measurement of lung volumes (2005)
- ATS/ERS Task Force Standardisation of Lung Function Testing: Standardisation of the single-breath determination of carbon monoxide uptake in the lung (2005)
- ATS/ERS Task Force Standardisation of Lung Function Testing: Standardisation of spirometry (2005)
- ATS/ACCP Statement on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (2003)
- ATS Statement: Guidelines for the Six-Minute Walk Test (2002)
- Guidelines for Methacholine and Exercise Challenge Testing-1999 (2000)
- Respiratory Disease: Adults
- An Official Research Policy Statement of the ATS/ERS: Standards for Quantitative Assessment of Lung Structure (2010)
- An Official American Thoracic Society Statement: Position Statement on ATS Activities for the Promotion of Respiratory and Sleep/Wake Health and the Care of the Critically Ill in the United States (2009)
- An Official ATS Workshop Report:Tobacco Control Initiatives within the American Thoracic Society (2009)
- An Official American Thoracic Society/ European Respiratory Society Statement: Asthma Control and Exacerbations - Standardizing Endpoints for Clinical Asthma Trials and Clinical Practice (2009)
- An Official ATS Statement: Position Statement on ATS Activities for the Promotion of Respiratory and Sleep/Wake Health and the Care of the Critically Ill in the United States (2009)
- Joint Task Force Report: Supplemental Recommendations for the Management and Follow-up of Asthma Exacerbations (2009)
- An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement: Palliative Care for Patients with Respiratory Diseases and Critical Illnesses (2008)
- An Official ATS Conference Proceedings: Advances in Small-Animal Imaging Application to Lung Pathophysiology (2008)
- Outcomes for COPD pharmacological trials: from lung function to biomarkers (2008)
- American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation (2006)
- ATS Workshop Proceedings: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolism in Exhaled Breath Condensate (2006)
- ATS Workshop Proceedings: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolism in Exhaled Breath Condensate - Excecutive Summary (2006)
- American Thoracic Society Statement on Research Priorities in Respiratory Nursing (2006)
- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2006)
- ATS/ERS Recommendations for Standardized Procedures for the Online and Offline Measurement of Exhaled Lower Respiratory Nitric Oxide and Nasal Nitric Oxide, 2005 (2005)
- Curriculum and Competency Assessment Tools for Sleep Disorders in Pulmonary Fellowship Training Programs (2005)
- Statement on Home Care for Patients with Respiratory Disorders (2005)
- The Ethical Conduct of Clinical Research Involving Critically Ill Patients in the United States and Canada: Principles and Recommendations (2004)
- Evidence-based Colloid Use in the Critically Ill: American Thoracic Society Consensus Statement (2004)
- Executive Summary: Management of the Critically Ill Patient with Severe Acute Pancreatitis (2004)
- Executive Summary on the Systematic Review and Practice Parameters for Portable Monitoring in the Investigation of Suspected Sleep Apnea in Adults (2004)
- Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper (2004)
- American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Standards for the Diagnosis and Management of Individuals with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (2003)
- ATS/ERS Statement on Respiratory Muscle Testing (2002)
- ERS/ATS statement on interventional pulmonology (2002)
- American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Consensus Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (2002)
- Understanding Costs and Cost-Effectiveness in Critical Care: Report from the Second ATS Workshop on Outcomes Research (2002)
- International Consensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure (2001)
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Treatment - International Consensus Statement (2000)
- Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions (2000)
- Proceedings of the ATS Workshop on Refractory Asthma: Current Understanding, Recommendations and Unanswered Questions (2000)
- Immunobiology of Asthma and Rhinitis - Pathogenic Factors and Therapeutic Options (1999)
- International Consensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine: Ventilator-associated Lung Injury in ARDS (1999)
- Outcomes Research in Critical Care: Results of the ATS Critical Care Assembly Workshop on Outcomes Research (1999)
- Statement on Sarcoidosis (1999)
- Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (1999)
- The Diagnostic Approach to Acute Venous Thromboembolism: Clinical Practice Guideline (1999)
- The American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS, Part 2: Ventilator-y, Pharmacologic, Supportive Therapy, Study Design Strategies, and Issues Related to Recovery and Remodeling (1998)
- International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates (1998)
- Statement on Health Outcomes Research in Sleep Apnea (1998)
- Update: Future Directions for Research on Diseases of the Lung (1998)
- Fair Allocation of Intensive Care Unit Resources (1997)
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (1996)
- Round Table Conference: Acute Lung Injury (1996)
- Tissue Dypoxia: How to Detect, How to Correct, How to Prevent (1996)
- Pretreatment Evaluation of Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer (1997)
- Progress at the Interface of Inflammation and Asthma - Report of the ALA/ATS Workshop on Future Directions in Asthma Research (1995)
- Sleep Apnea, Sleepiness, and Driving Risk (1994)
- ATS / ASDA / ACCP / APCCMPD Statement About Training of Pulmonary Physicians in Sleep Disorders
- Respiratory Disease: Pediatric
- An Official ATS Clinical Policy Statement: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome - Genetic Basis, Diagnosis, and Management (2010)
- An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Pulmonary Function Testing in Preschool Children (2007)
- An Official ATS Workshop Report: Issues in Screening for Asthma in Children (2007)
- ATS Consensus Statement: Research Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Pulmonology (2005)
- ATS/ERS Statement: Raised Volume Forced Expirations in Infants - Guidelines for Current Practice (2005)
- Mechanisms and Limits of Induced Postnatal Lung Growth (2004)
- Respiratory Care of the Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: ATS Consensus Statement (2004)
- Statement on the Care of the Child with Chronic Lung Disease of Infancy and Childhood (2003)
- Care of the Child with a Chronic Tracheostomy (2000)
- The Raised Volume Rapid Thoracoabdominal Compression Technique (2000)
- Cardiorespiratory Sleep Studies in Children: Establishment of Normative Data and Polysonographic Predictors of Morbidity (1999)
- Idiopathic Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management (1999)
- Standards and Indications for Cardiopulmonary Sleep Studies in Children (1996)
- Respiratory Function Measurements in Infants Measurement Conditions (1995)
- Respiratory Function Measurements in Infants: Symbols, Abbreviations, and Units (1995)
- Respiratory Mechanics in Infants: Physiologic Evaluation in Health and Disease (1993)
- Flexible Endoscopy of the Pediatric Airway (1992)
- Other Interests
- An Official ATS Policy Statement: Managing Conflict of Interest in Professional Societies (2009)
- An Official ATS Statement: Grading the Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations in ATS Guidelines and Recommendations (2006)
- A Framework for Health Care Policy in the United States (1997)
- Attributes of ATS Documents That Guide Clinical Practice: Recommendations of the ATS Clinical Practice Committee (1997)
- Role of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physician in the American Health Care System (1995)
- Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapy (1991)
- Archived ATS Documents
- Measurement of exhaled nitric oxide in children, 2001 (2002)
- Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children (2000)
- Asthma and Rhinitis (1999)
- Dyspnea: Mechanisms, Assessment, and Management: A Consensus Statement (1999)
- Finding Genetic Mechanisms in Syndromes of Sleep Disordered Breathing (1999)
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation 1999 (1999)
- Recommendations for Standardized Procedures for the Online and Offline Measurement of Exhaled Lower Respiratory Nitric Oxide and Nasal Nitric Oxide in Adults and Children 1999 (1999)
- Research Priorities in Respiratory Nursing (1998)
- Cigarette Smoking and Health - 1996 (1996)
- Fungal Infection in HIV-infected Persons (1995)
- Future Directions for Research on Diseases of the Lung (1995)
- Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, Initial Antimicrobial Therapy, and Preventative Strategies: A Consensus Statement (1995)
- Institutional Control Measures for Tuberculosis in the Era of Multiple Drug Resistance: ACCP/ATS Consensus Conference (1995)
- Singlebreath Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity (Transfer Factor) Recommendations for a Standard Technique - 1995 Update (1995)
- Standards for the Diagnosis and Care of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (1995)
- Standardization of Spirometry:1994 Update (1995)
- Indications and Standards for Use of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in Sleep Apnea Syndromes (1994)
- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Impairment/Disability in Patients with Asthma (1993)
- Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy (1993)
- Lung Transplantation: Report of the ATS Workshop on Lung Transplantation (1993)
- Control of Tuberculosis in the United States (1992)
- Animals in Medical Research (1991)
- Lung Function Testing: Selection of Reference Values and Interpretative Strategies (1991)
- Clinical Role of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Adults with Pulmonary Disease (1990)
- Health Effects of Tremolite (1990)
- Home Mechanical Ventilation of Pediatric Patients (1990)
- Report of the ATS Workshop an Environmental Controls and Lung Disease, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 24-26, 1988 (1990)
- Research Priorities in Respiratory Nursing (1990)
- Guidelines for the Approach to the Patient with Severe Hereditary Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (1989)
- Guidelines for Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy (1989)
- Indications and Standards for Cardiopulmonary Sleep Studies (1989)
- Standards of Nursing Care for Adult Patients with Pulmonary Dysfunction (1989)
- Standards for the Diagnosis and Care of COPD and Asthma Patients (1987)
- Skills of the Health Team involved in Out-of-Hospital Care for Patients with COPD (1986)
- The Diagnosis of Nonmalignant Diseases Related to Asbestos (1986)
- Cigarette Smoking and Health (1985)
- Health Effects of Smoking on Children (1985)
- Marijuana and the Lungs (1984)
- Screening for Adult Respiratory Disease (1983)
- Recommended Respiratory Disease Questionnaires for Use with Adults and Children in Epidemiological Research (1978)
