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
L. Petty, M.D.
Co-Editor
Thomas L. Petty received his M.D. at the University of Colorado
in 1958. He interned at Philadelphia General Hospital and received
his residency training at the University of Michigan and the University
of Colorado. His pulmonary training was at the University of Colorado.
He is a pulmonologist and Professor of Medicine at the University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver and at Rush University
in Chicago. He was previously Head of the Division of Pulmonary
Sciences at the University of Colorado and Director of the Fellowship
Training Program.
Dr. Petty was founding President of the Association of Pulmonary
Program Directors (APPD), and has served as President of the American
College of Chest Physicians. He is a former member of the Board
of Governors of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Petty received the Distinguished Service Award of the American
Thoracic Society (1995), was elected to the Colorado Pulmonary Physicians'
“Hall of Fame” (1995) and received the annual award
for excellence by the American Association for Respiratory and Cardiovascular
Rehabilitation (1995) and the designation of faarc in 1999. He was
elected to Master Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
(1995). He also received the Master Award of the American College
of Physicians in 1996. Dr. Petty has been named Chairman of the
National Lung Health Education Program (nlhep). Its goal is the
early diagnosis of copd and lung cancer. He is also Editor-inchief
of the newsletter, Lung Cancer Frontiers.
Today, Dr. Petty also remains active in teaching, patient care
and research. He enjoys fishing, small game hunting and playing
with his three “kids” and eight grandchildren.
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