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Sepsis is a continuum of physiologic stages characterized by infection, systemic inflammation, and hypoperfusion with widespread tissue injury.1 The American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine developed definitions to utilize for sepsis (Table 79—l).2 They provide physiologic parameters categorizing patients as having bacteremia, infection, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, or multiple-organ-dysfunction syndrome (MODS).2 Standardized definitions have been developed for infections in critically ill patients.3... 

B39. Bone, R. C., Balk, R. A., Cerra, F. B Dellinger, R. P Fein, A. M., Kanus, W. A., Schein, R. M. H., and Sibbald, W. J., American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Concensus Conference Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. Crit. Care Med. 20-6, 864-873 (1992). 

The American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Conference on antithrombotic therapy recommends chronic warfarin treatment (target INR... 

Recommendations from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) for duration of anticoagulant therapy after venous thromboembolism (VTE)... 

Hirsh J et al (editors) Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Chest 2008 133(Suppl) 110S. 

Dolovich MB, Ahrens RC, Hess DR, et al. Device selection and outcomes of aerosol therapy evidence-based guidelines American College of Chest Physicians/American College of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology. Chest. 2005 127 335-371. 

Irwin RS, Boulet LP, Cloutier MM, et al. Managing cough as a defense mechanism and as a symptom. A consensus panel report of the American College of Chest Physicians. Chest. 1998 114(suppl) 133S-181S. 

Source K. R. Olson and B. Roth (1997), Update on Management of Patient With Poisoning or Drug Overdose, Northbrook, IL American College of Chest Physicians. Reprinted with permission. 

Barkin P, Jung M, Hales C, et al. 1986. Acrolein smoke injury in dog lungs. In 52nd Annual Scientific Assembly American College of Chest Physicians, San Francisco, CA, Sept 22-26. Chest 89(6 Suppl.) 456S. 

Olsen AM, O Neil JJ. Bronchography. A report of the Committee on Bronchoesophagology. American College of Chest Physicians. Dis Chest 1967 51(6) 663-8. 

Joint Committee on Pulmonary Nomenclature, American College of Chest Physicians and American Thoracic Society Pulmonary terms and symbols A report of the AACP-ATS. Chest 1967 67 583-93. 

Consensus Conferences on Antithrombotic Therapy sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians. " This provides a comprehensive review and recommendations performed by international experts on antithrombotic therapy. 

Ansell J, Hirsh J, Hylek E, et al. Pharmacology and management of the vitamin K antagonists American college of chest physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (8th edition). Chest 2008 133(Suppl 6) 160S-98S. 

Stratton MA, Anderson FA, Bussey HI, et al. Prevention of venous thromboembolism adherence to the 1995 American College of Chest Physicians consensus guidelines for surgical patients. Arch Intern Med 2000 160 334-340. 

More recently, Tran and Anand conducted a systematic review of the literature in an effort to summarize the best evidence for oral antiplatelet therapy in patients with cerebrovascular disease, CAD, and PAD. This review included 111 trials (42 of which included patients with PAD, n = 9214) and concluded that patients with PAD should use ASA (160 to 325 mg/day) or clopidogrel (75 mg/day) when ASA is not tolerated or contraindicated. This is in concordance with the recommendations of the Seventh American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy which recommends lifelong ASA (75 to 325 mg/day) over clopidogrel, ticlopidine, and no antithrombotic therapy in patients with PAD. Unfortunately, no data are currently avaUable from large, clinical, randomized trials that ASA, or any other antiplatelet therapies, can actually prevent or delay the progression of PAD. ... 

In 1992, a joint committee of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine standardized the terminology related to sepsis for several reasons (1) widespread confusion with the use of these terms, (2) the need to provide a flexible classification scheme for patient identification, (3) identification of an earlier therapeutic intervention, and (4) standardization of research protocols. ... 

American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference. Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. Crit Care Med 1992 20 864-874. 

Chung KF, McGarvey L, Widdicombe JG (2006) American College of chest physicians cough guidelines. Lancet 367 981-982... 

Table 4 Recommendations of the American College of Chest Physicians guidelines (2006) for symptomatic cough suppressants...

Jenne, J. W. "New Directions in Asthma", M. Stein, ed., p.398, American College of Chest Physicians, Park Ridge, 1975. 

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