Index:
Intro
Preface
Pearls
A.
Approach to the Patient
B.
Dyspnea
C.
Chronic Cough
D.
Chest Pain
E.
Hemoptysis
F.
Wheezing-Stridor
G.
Positive Tuberculin Skin Test
H.
Pleural Effusion
I.
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
J.
Unresolved Pneumonia
K.
Postscript
Biographical Sketches of Authors:
John
F. Murray
Leonard
D. Hudson
Thomas
L. Petty
J.
Roy Duke, Jr.
James
T. Good, Jr.
Thomas
M. Hyers
Michael
D. Iseman
Dean
D. Mergenthaler
Donald
R. Rollins
Appendix
A - Comprehensive Respiratory Screening Form |
Frontline Assessment of Common
Pulmonary Presentations
 Thomas
M. Hyers, M.D.
Dr. Hyers received his M.D. degree from Duke University in 1968.
He completed his medical internship at Cleveland Metropolitan General
Hospital in 1969 and then served three years in the U.S. Public
Health Service at the National Institutes of Health, where he helped
coordinate early studies of urokinase and streptokinase in the treatment
of pulmonary embolism. He did his medical residency and chief residency
at the University of Washington in Seattle, and then completed a
pulmonary fellowship at the University of Colorado in Denver. He
served for five years as a faculty member at the University of Colorado,
Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center, and then moved to
St. Louis University where he was Director of the Division of Pulmonology
and Pulmonary Occupational Medicine from 1982 to 1997.
Dr. Hyers has held the rank of Professor of Internal Medicine at
St. Louis University since 1985. He has a long-standing interest
in thrombosis and antithrombotic therapy and has conducted clinical
research in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism.
Dr. Hyers continues to write and lecture frequently on this topic.
Since 1997, Dr. Hyers has maintained a private practice in pulmonology
and pulmonary occupational medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital in
Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Recently, he developed
an interest in Internet education and, with help, designed a website
(www.careinternet.com) to help caregivers deliver antithrombotic
therapy more effectively. He is married with two grown sons.
In his spare time, Dr. Hyers enjoys creative writing, gardening
and fishing.
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