Bench to Bedside: Principles and Practice of Epoprostenol Therapy, from Maximizing Benefit to Minimizing Side Effects

Ivan Robbins, MD, Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted this discussion. The panel included David Langleben, MD, Director, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Michael McGoon, MD, Consultant in Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and Abby Krichman, RRT, Pulmonary Hypertension Coordinator, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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Assisting Pulmonary Hypertension Patients and Families With Treatment Decisions

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

10.21693/1933-088x-8.4.239 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 239-243

Author(s):

Karen Frutiger ◽

Martha Kingman ◽

Abby Poms ◽

Glenna Traiger

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Medical Center ◽

Pulmonary Vascular Disease ◽

University Of Texas ◽

Program Manager ◽

Nurse Coordinator ◽

Duke University ◽

Pulmonary Arterial

To complement this issue's theme, “Living With Pulmonary Hypertension,” a discussion on assisting patients with therapy decisions was led by guest editor Glenna Traiger, RN, MSN, Pulmonary Hypertension CNS, University of California, Los Angeles. The panelists included Karen Frutiger, RN, Clinical Nurse Coordinator, University of Rochester Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Program, Rochester, NY; Martha Kingman, Nurse Practitioner, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; and Abby Poms, RRT, Duke University Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program Manager, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable: Recapping 5 Years, Exploring Emerging Approaches

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

10.21693/1933-088x-5.4.32 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 32-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vallerie V. McLaughlin ◽

Richard N. Channick ◽

Ivan M. Robbins ◽

Victor F. Tapson

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Critical Care ◽

San Diego ◽

Medical Center ◽

Associate Professor ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

Ann Arbor ◽

Duke University ◽

Vanderbilt University

This discussion was moderated by Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Panel members included Richard N. Channick, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California; Ivan M. Robbins, MD, Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; and Victor F. Tapson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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Protocols in Heart and Lung Transplantation: An Essential Guide to Preoperative Assessment and Timing to Improve Outcomes

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

10.21693/1933-088x-3.1.20 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 20-25

Author(s):

Victor Tapson ◽

Robert Frantz ◽

John Conte

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Critical Care ◽

Lung Transplantation ◽

Medical Center ◽

Preoperative Assessment ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

Associate Professor ◽

Johns Hopkins University ◽

Duke University

This discussion was moderated by Victor Tapson, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension and Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. The participants included Robert Frantz, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and John Conte, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

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Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable: Perspectives on PHA's 10th International PH Conference

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

10.21693/1933-088x-11.3.135 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 135-140

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Medical Center ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

Associate Professor ◽

Medical Director ◽

Pulmonary Vascular Disease ◽

University Of Utah ◽

University Of Colorado ◽

Assistant Director ◽

Vanderbilt University

As a way to integrate the presentations at PHA's June scientific sessions with clinical practice, Guest Editor Karen Fagan, MD, convened a group of attendees to discuss their experience in Orlando. The discussants included Todd Bull, MD, Associate Professor, Medical Director, Anschutz Intensive Care Unit, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado; Anna Hemnes, MD, Assistant Director, Center for Adult Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; C. Gregory Elliott, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Utah and Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah; Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine and Staff Physician, Wall Center Adult PH Clinic, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California; and Paul B. Yu, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable: The Challenging Spectrum of PH in Liver and Kidney Transplantation Patients

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

10.21693/1933-088x-12.2.88 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 88-93

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Kidney Transplantation ◽

Mayo Clinic ◽

Medical Center ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

Pulmonary Vascular Disease ◽

Clinical Expertise ◽

University Of Pittsburgh ◽

Liver And Kidney ◽

Assistant Director

On August 16, 2013, a group of physicians with clinical expertise related to management of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients who are undergoing evaluation for or having liver or kidney transplantation was convened by telephone to discuss this challenging topic. These complex patients represent a spectrum of clinical types of PH and require complete evaluations utilizing a team-oriented and multidisciplinary approach to ensure appropriate treatment and safe transplantation. Facilitated by the guest editors of this issue, Charles Burger, MD, and Paul Forfia, MD, discussants included Michael Krowka, MD, Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; José Diaz-Gómez, MD, Medical Director-ICU, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida; Anna Hemnes, MD, Assistant Professor, Assistant Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and Michael Mathier, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, and Associate Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable: CTEPH Experiences and Expertise

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

10.21693/1933-088x-12.4.199 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 199-205

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Massachusetts General Hospital ◽

Medical Center ◽

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Vascular Diseases ◽

Pulmonary Vascular Disease ◽

Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Duke University ◽

The University

On February 6, 2014, a group of physicians with expertise related to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) met on a conference call to discuss topics related to the disease. The call was hosted by the guest editor of this issue, Richard Channick, MD, the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension and Thromboendarterectomy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Channick was joined by Victor Tapson, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Duke University Medical Center and Director of the Duke Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center; Joanna Pepke-Zaba, PhD, FRCP, Lead Physician and Director, National Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit at the Papworth Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK; Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan; and Bill Auger, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of Academic Affairs of the PTE Program at University of California-San Diego.

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Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable: COPD, IPF, and Pulmonary Hypertension: A Clinician's Dilemma

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

10.21693/1933-088x-12.3.145 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 145-151

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Hypertension ◽

Rhode Island ◽

Medical Center ◽

Puget Sound ◽

Health Science ◽

Pulmonary Vascular Disease ◽

University Hospitals ◽

Science Center ◽

University Of Texas ◽

Transplant Program

On October 9, 2013, a group of experts met by telephone to discuss PH in the setting of COPD and IPF. The group consisting of guest editor of this issue Jeffrey Edelman, MD, Head, Lung Transplant Program VA Puget Sound Health System, University of Washington; Deborah J. Levine, MD, Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; James Klinger, MD, Director, Rhode Island Hospital Pulmonary Hypertension Center; and Robert Schilz, DO, PhD, Director of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Lung Transplantation, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center; provided perspective and insight into how clinicians can approach these patients most effectively.

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Techniques' Comparison and Report of the North Carolina Experience

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.83.5.843 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 83 (5) ◽

pp. 843-848

Author(s):

Thomas R. Kinney ◽

Martha Sawtschenko ◽

Mary Whorton ◽

Jean Shearin ◽

Christy Stine ◽

...

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Filter Paper ◽

Screening Program ◽

Medical Center ◽

Sample Collection ◽

Capillary Tubes ◽

Blood Samples ◽

Screening Programs ◽

The North ◽

Duke University

Controversy still exists as to the best laboratory method to use to screen newborns for sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies. The proposed methods include hemoglobin electrophoresis, column chromatography, isoelectric focusing, and high performance liquid chromatography. There is also debate concerning the preferred method of sample collection. The proposed methods of sample collection include cord blood or blood obtained from the infant collected in a tube with anticoagulant or on filter paper. We compared hemoglobin electrophoresis patterns from infant blood samples collected in heparinized capillary tubes and on filter paper. This comparison was performed because hemoglobin electrophoresis of dried blood samples collected on filter paper has been advocated as a practical, reliable, and inexpensive method for mass screening programs, although the limitations of this technique have not been explored fully. We also summarize data from the North Carolina Newborn Hemoglobinopathy Screening Program, which relates to the advantages and limitations of hemoglobin electrophoresis from filter paper blood specimens. MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimens Four sets of specimens were used for this study: (1) specimens collected at Duke University Medical Center to compare hemoglobin electrophoresis patterns of hemolysates from filter paper and heparinized capillary tubes, (2) specimens collected by the North Carolina program for hemoglobinopathy screening, (3) specimens routinely collected at Duke University in heparinized capillary tubes for newborn hemoglobinopathy screening, and (4) samples for retesting to examine the error rate of the state program and to confirm screening results compatible with a hemoglobinopathy. Samples for Direct Comparison Between Filter Paper and Heparinized Specimens

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