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1 Sep 2013, 1:24 am by Jon Gelman
The American Thoracic Society welcomes today’s release by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of a proposed lower standard for crystalline silica exposure. [read post]
20 May 2012, 9:58 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
I am in San Francisco, this week, at the American Thoracic Society International Conference,  to present "Legal Mechanisms To Resolve Futility Disputes" in a broader session titled "What are the boundaries of acceptable medical practice near the end of life in intensive care units? [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 2:50 pm by Tom Smith
The American Thoracic Society issued guidelines Monday that suggest COVID-19 patients with pneumonia get doses of the anti-malaria drug. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 12:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
" The Pick: Pope TM, Bennett J, Carson SC, et al, for the American Thoracic Society and American Geriatrics Society. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 7:02 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
On Sunday, May 16th at the American Thoracic Society meeting in New Orleans, Doug White and Elie Azoulay have constructed a great 2 1/2 hour session on debates in critical care ethics. [read post]
8 Nov 2009, 11:30 am
 I am excited to participate, in May, in a "live" version of a similar debate with Bob Fine at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 3:38 am by Jon Gelman
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has released a statement on the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) recent report on the long-term health consequences for military personnel of exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. [read post]
1 Jun 2009, 9:22 am
Eli Lilly will reveal approximately 50 studies at the end of the month at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Florida. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 10:00 pm by Munday & Nathan
Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) wrote in the Annals of American Thoracic Society journal on Aug. 1 that identifying common intensive care unit (ICU) diagnostic errors and reducing them is critical. [read post]
9 Jul 2020, 8:01 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
It has been professionally rewarding to co-author three policy statements on health care policy, ethics, and end-of-life care with the American Thoracic Society. [read post]
18 May 2010, 7:22 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
On Sunday in New Orleans, Robert Fine and I did a pro-con debate on the Texas Advance Directives Act during an ethics session of the American Thoracic Society. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 7:09 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
  This was from a symposium session at the May 2013 American Thoracic Society International Conference. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 1:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
Whereas The American Thoracic Society (ATS), The American Association for Critical Care Nurses (AACN), The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), The European Society for Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), and the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) created an official policy statement in 2015 regarding how medical teams and facilities should respond to requests for potentially inappropriate treatments. [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 10:30 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
It was a pleasure to lead a joint statement by the American Thoracic Society/American Geriatrics Society (ATS/AGS) that offers guidance on designing policies governing decision making for unrepresented patients who lack capacity to make their own decisions and have no identified surrogate decision maker. [read post]
22 May 2013, 12:22 pm
Results are similar for women injured after a fall or a car accident, across all income levels and also when comparing rural versus urban patients according to a study , led by Andrea Hill, MSc, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre and the University of Toronto in Canada, and presented yesterday at the American Thoracic Society International Conference . [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 8:57 am by Bonny Rafel
According to two new studies recently presented to the American Thoracic Society, patients should add cancer to the list of the disease's potential complications. [read post]
19 May 2011, 9:40 pm by Jon Gelman
Two new studies are to be presented at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in Denver, reportedly connecting the respiratory illness of troops returning from Middle East deployment to their exposure to toxic dust and fumes from "burn pits. [read post]
25 May 2012, 7:23 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
I am in San Francisco, this week, for the American Thoracic Society International Conference. [read post]