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Long COVID: A New Way to Look at a Growing Problem
Synthesizing multiple studies, pulmonologist Brian Block, MD, reveals which patients are at risk for lasting symptoms from infection with the coronavirus (it’s not who you might think).
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COVID Care and Control: How to Use What We’ve Learned So Far
Pulmonologist Brian Block, MD, submits an enlightening analysis of U.S. COVID data, including his own work examining mortality in overburdened hospitals.
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All About Allergies: Successful Diagnosis and Treatment
This breakdown of common allergies provides clarity on which patients to test and which tests to choose; how to effectively manage chronic allergies, such as allergic rhinitis; as well as signs and solutions for the many types of adverse food reactions.
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Get Current on COVID: Case Trends, Flu Season Strategies and Mask Facts
Pulmonologist Brian Block, MD, provides an analysis that clarifies risk factors, in terms of both patient and hospital status. He also discusses how to manage coming flu-related challenges and offers evidence on masking efficacy for both ...
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UCSF MD Link: Web-Based Communication Portal for Physicians
Our web portal allows referring physicians to securely access their patients’ entire electronic health record, make online referral requests and communicate with our physicians directly and securely.
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Virtual Monitoring for Lung Transplant Patients Aided by Home Spirometry Device
A new home spirometry kit combines a spirometer with a patient engagement platform to collect lung function data and symptoms remotely. This enables UCSF’s Lung Transplant team to remotely track patients with the goal of identifying both ...
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For nine consecutive years, the UCSF Lung Transplant Program has had significantly higher-than-expected post-surgery survival rates — the only program in the country with this record.
The Mission of the Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine Program is to be a leader in the provision of comprehensive medical care to patients with pulmonary disease, critical illness, allergic diseases and sleep disorders, to be an engine for innovative research aimed at elucidating basic mechanisms of disease, to translate our research activities into new clinical initiatives, and to provide a rich training environment for the next generation of international leaders in basic, translational and clinical research.
