PFF Insights Blog
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Jul112022
Study Adds to Research Indicating Bias in Pulse Oximetry Readings
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new attention to the accuracy of pulse oximeters. Recent data shows patients with COVID-19 who had darker skin tones more frequently had inaccurate pulse oximetry measurements when compared to White individuals.View Full Blog -
Jun212022
The PFF Presents Research And Clinical Trial Resources At American Thoracic Society Conference 2022
Dr. Amy Hajari Case provides a recap of her experience at ATS and highlights new and ongoing research supported by the PFF.View Full Blog -
Dec282021
Meet Your PF Care Team: Krishna Thavarajah, MD MS
Dr. Thavarajah was first drawn to pulmonary and critical care medicine in the intensive care unit (ICU) as an Internal Medicine Resident. Learn more about her background.View Full Blog -
Nov302021
Meet Your PF Care Team: Josie Corral, RN, MSN, CNL, ACRP-CP
Josie Corral, RN, MSN, CNL, ACRP-CP*, is currently the Lead Clinical Research Nurse and Clinical Research Nurse Educator at Loyola University Medical Center.View Full Blog -
Sep282021
Meet Your PF Care Team: Max Whitehead-Zimmers, BA
Max Whitehead-Zimmers is a Human Research Technologist at the Penn State College of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care located at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.View Full Blog -
Sep112021
Working Together to Raise Awareness of Interstitial Lung Disease
The first-ever ILD Day will take place on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 to drive awareness of interstitial lung disease (ILD). There are more than 200 types of interstitial lung disease, and more than 250,000 Americans are living with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and ILD. Pulmonary fibrosis can be seen in many of the more than 200 types of ILD. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is one of the most common forms of ILD and has no known cause.View Full Blog -
Aug282021
Meet your PF Care Team
The care teams at our PFF Care Center Network (CCN) sites are made up of many different healthcare professionals, each with an important role to play in running the center and caring for patients. To help you understand how your care team works, we’ll be starting a series of posts to help you get to know some of the members of the pulmonary fibrosis (PF) care teamView Full Blog