ATS Funds Diverse Range of Assembly & Committee Projects in 2012

 

During 2012, all 13 of the Society’s assemblies and six ATS committees will work on a broad range of new and ongoing projects aimed at improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of respiratory, critical care and sleep disorders.

This year, the ATS Board of Directors has provided support for four new assembly and committee projects and renewed funding for 29 existing initiatives. Topics range from management of exercise-induced bronchospasm and palliative management of dyspnea to ICU-acquired weakness and chronic pediatric home ventilation.

Once completed, these projects will take various forms. Some assemblies and committees are developing and updating clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based statements, while others are producing workshop proceedings, reports and other educational resources.

2012 ATS PROJECTS

Assembly on Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation

  • ATS-ERS Joint TF: Bronchoprovocation

Challenge Testing (joint project with the Assembly on Respiratory Structure and Function and Proficiency Standards Committee)

  • International ATS/ERS Consensus on Definition, Evaluation , Mechanisms and Research into Severe Asthma
  • Management of Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm: An ATS Clinical Practice Guideline
  • Guidelines for Proper Quantification of Structural Changes in Mouse Models of COPD (joint project with the Assemblies on Respiratory Structure and Function and Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology)

Assembly on Behavioral Science

  • Developing Performance Measures from ATS Guidelines (joint project with the Documents Development and Implementation Committee and Quality Improvement Committee)
  • Statement on Futility and Goal Conflict in End-of-Life-Care in ICUs (joint project with the Assemblies on Critical Care and Nursing, as well as the Committee on Ethics & Conflict of Interest)
  • The Pharmaco-Economics of Medications for Respiratory Disease (joint project with the Health Policy Committee)
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research in Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine (joint project with the Assemblies on Clinical Problems, Critical Care and Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology)
  • Palliative Management of Dyspnea (joint project with the Assemblies on Clinical Problems and Nursing)

Assembly on Clinical Problems

  • ATS/ERS Statement on Sarcoidosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotypes (joint project with the Assemblies on Pediatrics and Pulmonary Circulation)
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of Sickle Cell Disease (joint project with the Assembly on Pulmonary Circulation and the Documents Development and Implementation Committee)
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research in Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science, Critical Care and Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology)
  • Management of the Lung Transplant Recipient: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guideline (joint project with the Clinical Practice Committee)
  • International Multidisciplinary Classification of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (joint project with the Assembly on Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology)
  • Comparative Pathobiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis in Humans and Domestic Animals (joint project with the Assembly on Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology)
  • Update of the ATS/ERS Official Statement on Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in COPD (joint project with the Assemblies on Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory Structure and Function)
  • Palliative Management of Dyspnea (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science and Nursing)

Assembly on Critical Care

  • ICU-Acquired Weakness: Assessments and Definitions (joint project with the Assembly on Nursing)
  • Statement on Futility and Goal Conflict in End-of-Life-Care in ICUs (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science and Nursing)
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research in Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science, Clinical Problems and Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology)
  • Updated Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of HAP, HCAP and VAP (joint project with the Assembly on Microbiology, Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Infections)
  • Evaluation of Respiratory Mechanics and Function in the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (joint project of the Assemblies on Pediatrics and Respiratory Structure and Function, as well as the Documents Development and Implementation Committee)

Assembly on Environmental & Occupational Health

  • Updating the 1996 ATS Statement: “Respiratory Protection Guidelines”
  • Proceedings of the Fourth Jack Pepys Workshop on Occupational Airways Disease
  • Spirometry in the Occupational Setting

Assembly on Microbiology, Tuberculosis & Pulmonary Infections

  • Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent TB Infection, Update (joint project with the Clinical Practice Committee)
  • Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children
  • Updated Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of HAP, HCAP and VAP (joint project with the Assembly on Critical Care)

Assembly on Nursing

  • ICU-Acquired Weakness: Assessments and Definitions (joint project with the Assembly on Critical Care)
  • Statement on Futility and Goal Conflict in End-of-Life-Care in ICUs (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science and Critical Care)
  • Palliative Management of Dyspnea (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science and Clinical Problems)

Assembly on Pediatrics

  • Flexible Bronchoscopy of the Pediatric Airway
  • Care of the Child with Pulmonary Hypertension (joint project with the Assembly on Pulmonary Circulation)
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotypes (joint project with the Assemblies on Clinical Problems and Pulmonary Circulation)
  • Pediatric Chronic Home Ventilation
  • Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Recurrent Wheezing in Infancy
  • Evaluation of Respiratory Mechanics and Function in the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (joint project of the Assemblies on Critical Care and Respiratory Structure and Function, as well as the Documents Development and Implementation Committee)

Assembly on Pulmonary Circulation

  • Care of the Child with Pulmonary Hypertension (joint project with the Assembly on Pediatrics)
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotypes (joint project with the Assemblies on Clinical Problems and Pediatrics)
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of Sickle Cell Disease (joint project with the Assembly on Clinical Problems and the Documents Development and Implementation Committee)

Assembly on Pulmonary Rehabilitation

  • Update of the ATS Six-Minute Walk Test Statement (joint project with the Proficiency Standards Committee)
  • Revised ATS/ERS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Statement
  • Update of the ATS/ERS Official Statement on Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in COPD (joint project with the Assemblies on Clinical Problems and Respiratory Structure and Function)

Assembly on Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology

  • Stem Cells and Cell Therapies for Lung Biology and Diseases
  • International Multidisciplinary Classification of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (joint project with the Assembly on Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology)
  • Comparative Pathobiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis in Humans and Domestic Animals (joint project with the Assembly on Clinical Problems)
  • Guidelines for Proper Quantification of Structural Changes in Mouse Models of COPD (joint project with the Assemblies on Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation and Respiratory Structure and Function)

Assembly on Respiratory Structure & Function

  • ATS-ERS Joint TF: Bronchoprovocation Challenge Testing (joint project with the Assembly on Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation)
  • Update of the ATS/ERS Official Statement on Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in COPD (joint project with the Assemblies on Clinical Problems and Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
  • Guidelines for Proper Quantification of Structural Changes in Mouse Models of COPD (joint project with the Assemblies on Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation and Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology)
  • Evaluation of Respiratory Mechanics and Function in the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (joint project of the Assemblies on Critical Care and Pediatrics, as well as the Documents Development and Implementation Committee)

Assembly on Sleep & Respiratory Neurobiology

  • Sleep Fragments: An Educational Resource for Physicians and Trainees
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research in Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science, Clinical Problems and Critical Care)
  • CPAP Monitoring: What is the Ideal Strategy and Outcome Measure?

Clinical Practice Committee

  • Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent TB Infection, Update (joint project with the Assembly on Microbiology, Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Infections)
  • Management of the Lung Transplant Recipient: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guideline (joint project with the Assembly on Clinical Problems)

Documents Development & Implementation Committee

  • Developing Performance Measures from ATS Guidelines (joint project with the Assembly on Behavioral Science and Quality Improvement Committee)
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of Sickle Cell Disease (joint project with the Assemblies on Clinical Problems and Pulmonary Circulation)
  • Evaluation of Respiratory Mechanics and Function in the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (joint project of the Assemblies on Critical Care, Pediatrics and Respiratory Structure and Function)

Ethics & Conflict of Interest Committee

  • Statement on Futility and Goal Conflict in End-of-Life-Care in ICUs (joint project with the Assemblies on Behavioral Science, Critical Care and Nursing)

Health Policy Committee

  • The Pharmaco-Economics of Medications for Respiratory Disease (joint project with the Assembly on Behavioral Science)

Proficiency Standards Committee

  • Update of the ATS Six-Minute Walk Test Statement (joint project with the Assembly on Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
  • ATS-ERS Joint TF: Bronchoprovocation Challenge Testing (joint project with the Assemblies on Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation and Respiratory Structure and Function)

Quality Improvement Committee

  • Developing Performance Measures from ATS Guidelines (joint project with the Documents Development and Implementation Committee and Assembly on Behavioral Science)