Critical Issues

'It's Deconditioning, Stupid': Exercise Limitations After COVID Dr Aaron Holley investigates whether deconditioning is responsible for all post-COVID activity limitations.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 24, 2021
New Sarcoidosis Guideline Bringing Light to the Darkness Recent guidelines provide a number of important updates that physicians managing patients with sarcoidosis should note.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 16, 2021
Should Magnesium Be Used for COPD Exacerbations? Dr Holley reviews whether magnesium is beneficial or harmful when treating acute exacerbations of COPD in an emergency setting.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 30, 2021
Not All Interstitial Lung Abnormalities Represent Disease Dr Aaron Holley discusses how to identify which ILAs are important and when they should be treated.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 20, 2021
Post COVID-19 Lung Injury: What We Know So Far Dr Holley discusses three categories of post-COVID19 lung injury and the research on current treatments for each type.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 28, 2021
CPAP Continues to Underperform Dr Aaron Holley stresses that not all patients with a sleep-related breathing disorder will benefit from CPAP.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 17, 2021
Short-term O2 Prescriptions Lead to Inappropriate Long-term Use Dr Aaron Holley describes why oxygen prescriptions at hospital discharge are a far more pernicious cause of wasted resources.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 15, 2021
The Revenge of the 'Late COVID Adopters' The urgency of COVID complications has led to a rush to find treatment strategies as quickly as possible. But, as your grandmother said, sometimes haste makes waste.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 23, 2021
Treating COVID Fatigue and Dyspnea -- Deep Breaths, Plenty of Rest Dr Aaron Holley discusses how to treat two of the most commonly reported post-COVID symptoms, chronic fatigue and dyspnea.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 19, 2021
Giant Leap for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretation Dr Aaron Holley reviews the new cardiopulmonary exercise testing reference equations recently published in CHEST.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 18, 2021
Are Patients With COPD More Vulnerable to COVID-19? Dr Aaron Holley reviews a recently released a report on COVID-19 and COPD and whether therapies should be altered.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 28, 2021
Stop Prescribing Nocturnal Oxygen to Patients With COPD Dr Aaron Holley reviews the results of the INOX study and how they reinforce the non-benefit of prescribing nocturnal oxygen therapy.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 06, 2020
Pharmacologic Therapy for COPD: GOLD or ATS Guidelines? Dr Aaron Holley explains the evidence that backs up the new ATS guideline for COPD management and how it contradicts the GOLD recommendations.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 08, 2020
Does Asthma Lead to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes? It seems intuitive that people with asthma are more likely to be infected with COVID-19 and have more severe disease. But is it true? Aaron Holley takes a look.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 18, 2020
'Not Where We Need to Be' for Treating Severe Asthma Among all forms of asthma, severe T2L asthma accounts for the lion's share of medical expenditures, yet effective diagnostic and treatment approaches remain elusive.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 21, 2020
Should Steroids Be Used to Treat ARDS? Are steroids safe or even helpful for patients with ARDS? It's complicated.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 01, 2020
Open Lung Approach or ARDSNet PEEP? We still haven't seen a definitive comparison of the open lung approach vs ARDSNet protocols, Aaron Holley argues.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 09, 2020
COVID-19: Be Wary of Those Racing to Fill the Therapeutic Void Dr Aaron Holley warns against following 'false prophets' as we confront treatment decisions for patients with COVID-19.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 07, 2020
Oxygen Targets in COVID-19 With ARDS: What's Optimal? Dr Holley discusses what we know about oxygen targets for critically ill patients without COVID-19 and what guidelines are saying now in the midst of the pandemic.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 17, 2020
Exposing the Role of Psychosocial Stress on Asthma Aaron Holley, MD, calls for more attention to the role of behavioral health in the clinical practice of asthma.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 28, 2020

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