What is the Lung Center at BWH?
The Lung Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) provides comprehensive, customized care for all lung patients by bringing together a multidisciplinary team of medical and surgical experts from the Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Thoracic Surgery and the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology within Dana-Farber/Brigham and ...
What is our Lung Research Center?
Our Lung Research Center, part of the Brigham Research Institute, is one of the country's top-funded NIH institutions for lung disease.
Who is epicenter at Ohio State?
In 2010, Nick Breitborde, PhD, opened the first EPICENTER at The University of Arizona. He was then recruited by Ohio State in 2015 to establish a similarly distinctive program at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s Harding Hospital, which was already known for offering the most comprehensive behavioral healthcare services in central Ohio.
Why should you choose epicenter?
At EPICENTER, people have the opportunity to discuss their concerns, get practical support and participate in research studies.
A Multifaceted Profession
When not caring for COVID-19 patients in intensive care, therapists “run all over the hospital,” says Charlene Reinas, R.T. “We could be called into Maternity to help a pre-term baby, then 30 minutes later, be in the Emergency Care Center to intubate a patient who coded.
Extraordinary Challenges
If the job was demanding pre-pandemic, it is especially intense now. With so much still unknown about coronavirus, a one size fits all treatment approach doesn’t work. “COVID-19 requires more of us as employees. A respiratory therapist must be ready to stand between life and death,” Woods explains. Her co-worker concurs.
Rising to the Occasion
Despite facing the biggest test of their careers, Health System staff rise to the occasion. “Our respiratory team, along with all our team members, have done an exceptional job during the pandemic.
How long does lung cancer last?
Lung cancer kills more Americans than the next three cancers (breast, colon and prostate) combined. Typically caught in its later stages, survival rates beyond five years are often in the single digits and unlike other cancer diagnosis, outcomes for lung cancer patients have only slightly improved in decades.
Does low dose CT scan detect lung cancer?
Low-dose CT screening can catch lung cancer in its earliest, most treatable phase, stage-shifting a cancer diagnosis from late-to-early in much the same way mammography and colonoscopy have done. By identifying cancer before there are clinical signs or symptoms, low-dose CT screening has proven to result in a 20 percent decrease in lung cancer deaths among those most at risk: heavy smokers.
Get help. Find hope
If you or someone you love has symptoms of psychosis, it’s important to know that help is available and recovery is possible.
Focus on the future
It’s encouraging to know that for many people, recovery is possible. Ongoing support can help individuals enjoy significant improvement and more effective illness management so that they may lead more productive, fulfilling lives.
A history of caring
In 2010, Nick Breitborde, PhD, opened the first EPICENTER at The University of Arizona. He was then recruited by Ohio State in 2015 to establish a similarly distinctive program at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s Harding Hospital, which was already known for offering the most comprehensive behavioral healthcare services in central Ohio.
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has introduced the medical community to a lung disease heretofore unknown to most clinicians. In much of the discourse about COVID-19 lung disease, the more familiar clinical entity of ARDS has been used as the guiding paradigm.
Keywords
As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic first swept across the globe in the first quarter of 2020, the management of the associated clinical entity termed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) became the subject of institutional recommendations ( Massachusetts General Hospital, 2020 ), societal guidelines ( Bhimraj et al., 2020 ), and position statements ( Russell et al, 2020 ).
Funding
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.