Recommended Reading from the University of Chicago Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows: John F. McConville, M.D., Program Director

Karen Patterson et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010.

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doi: 10.1164/rccm.201007-1085RR.

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A comparison of obese and nonobese people with asthma: exploring an asthma-obesity interaction.
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Comparison of dopamine and norepinephrine in the treatment of shock.
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Effect of azithromycin on pulmonary function in patients with cystic fibrosis uninfected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a randomized controlled trial.
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