Helpful Resources

RESOURCES

At BRMA we advise all patients with a chronic condition to have a self-management plan. Living with a chronic condition can be challenging, and if not managed properly, it can result in further health complications. In addition to regular follow-up visits with your primary care provider, it's important to research your condition. This knowledge can be helpful as you decide which management methods are best for you.

ASTHMA

• Create Asthma Management Plan: http://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/asthma/living-with-asthma
• Source: American Lung Association
  
• Asthma and Exercise: https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/asthma-and-exercise.pdf
  

CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES

• Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Diet ( TLC ) Diet: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/chol_tlc.pdf
• Source: US Dept of Health and Human Services
  
• What Your Cholesterol Level Means: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/AboutCholesterol/What-Your-Cholesterol-Levels-Mean_UCM_305562_Article.jsp#.WyDkj9VKjNw
• Source: American Heart Association

DIABETES

• Diabetes Diet, My Food Advisor: https://www.diabetesfoodhub.org/
• Source: American Diabetes Association
  
• Diabetes Exchange Lists: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/in-depth/diabetes-diet/art-20044295
• Source: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  

GOUT AND ARTHRITIS

• Gout Diet: What is allowed and what is not: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/gout-diet/art-20048524
• Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and research
  
• Questions and Answers about Gout: https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/gout5
• Source: National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
  

OTHER RESOURCES

• ASTHMA: https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/asthma.pdf
• SLEEP PROBLEMS IN ASTHMA AND COPD: https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/sleep-problems-asthma-copd.pdf
  
• BREATHLESSNESS: https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/breathlessness.pdf
• BRONCHIECTASIS: https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/bronchiectasis-pt2.pdf
• BRONCHOSCOPY : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/bronchiectasis-pt2.pdf
• BURNOUT SYNDROME : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/burnout-syndrome.pdf
• CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/cteph.pdf
  
• CIRCADIAN RHYTHM : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/circadian-rhythm.pdf
• COPD : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/copd-intro.pdf
• COPD EXACERBATION : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/copd-exacerbation-ecopd.pdf
• COPD SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/signs-symptoms-of-COPD.pdf
• COPD MEDICINES : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/copd-medicines.pdf
• COUGH : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/cough.pdf
• VAPING/NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/vaping-electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems.pdf
• FLU : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/influenza-the-flu.pdf
• HEALTHY SLEEP IN ADULTS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/healthy-sleep-in-adults.pdf
• SLEEP IN WOMEN : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/women-and-sleep.pdf
• SLEEP AND PERFORMANCE : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/sleep-and-performance.pdf
• SLEEP STUDIES : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/sleep-studies.pdf
• INFLUENZA 2017-2018 : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/influenza-the-flu.pdf
• USING METERED DOSE INHALER : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/metered-dose-inhaler-mdi.pdf
• INSOMNIA : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/insomnia.pdf
• HOLISTIC APPROACH : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/integrative-medicine.pdf
• LUNG CANCER : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/lung-cancer-intro.pdf
• LUNG CANCER STAGING : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/lung-cancer-staging.pdf
• LUNG CANCER TREATMENT : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/lung-cancer-treatment.pdf
• LUNG CANCER PREVENTION : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/lung-cancer-prevention.pdf
• MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/malignant-pleural-effusions.pdf
• MARIJUANA AND LUNGS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/marijuana.pdf
• NARCOLEPSY : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/narcolepsy.pdf
• NEUROMUSCULAR WEAKNESS AND BREATHING PROBLEMS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/neuromuscular-weakness-adult.pdf
• LUNG NODULES : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/lung-nodules-online.pdf
• NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/ntm.pdf
• OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/obesity-hypoventilation-syndrome.pdf
• OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND HEART : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/obstructive-sleep-apnea-and-heart.pdf
• OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN ADULTS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults.pdf
• ORAL APPLIANCES FOR SLEEP APNEA : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/oral-appliances-sleep-apnea.pdf
• OTHER THERAPIES FOR SLEEP APNEA : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/other-therapies-for-sleep-apnea.pdf
• OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND YOUR HEALTH : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/outdoor-air-pollution.pdf
• OXYGEN THERAPY : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/oxygen-therapy.pdf
• PALLIATIVE CARE : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/palliative-care.pdf
• PAP TROUBLESHOOTING : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/pap-troubleshooting.pdf
• PNEUMONIA FACTS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/top-pneumonia-facts.pdf
• WHAT IS PNEUMONIA : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/what-is-pneumonia.pdf
• WHY DO I SMOKE : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/why-do-i-smoke.pdf
  
• SMOKING WITHDRAWL AND RELAPSE : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/withdrawal-and-relapse.pdf
  
• PULMONARY EMBOLISM : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/pulmonary-embolism.pdf
• PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/pulmonary-function-tests.pdf
• PULMONARY HYPERTENSION : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/pulmonary-hypertension.pdf
• PULMONARY REHABILITATION : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/pulmonary-rehab.pdf
• PULSE OXIMETRY : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/pulse-oximetry.pdf
• RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/rls.pdf
• SARCCOIDOSIS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/sarcoidosis-pt-1.pdf
• SARCOIDOSIS PART 2 : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/sarcoidosis-pt-2-treatment.pdf
• SARCOIDOSIS TREATMENT : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/sarcoidosis-pt-2-treatment.pdf
• SECOND HAND SMOKE : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/second-hand-smoke.pdf
• SEPSIS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/sepsis.pdf
• THORACENTESIS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/thoracentesis.pdf
• TUBERCULOSIS : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/tuberculosis.pdf
• VOCAL CORD DYSFUCTION : https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/vocal-cord-dysfunction.pdf
• FIND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TOOLS & RESOURCES : http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HighBloodPressure/FindHBPToolsResources/Find-High-Blood-Pressure-Tools-Resources_UCM_002055_Article.jsp#.W0hxUNVKjSB
• CHOLESTEROL TOOLS AND RESOURCES :
• http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/CholesterolToolsResources/Cholesterol-Tools-and-Resources_UCM_001216_Article.jsp#.W0hyENVKjSA
• http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/VascularHealth/PeripheralArteryDisease/Peripheral-Artery-Disease-PAD_UCM_002082_SubHomePage.jsp
• http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/Professionals/Stroke-Prevention-Resources_UCM_451918_SubHomePage.jsp
• http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/VascularHealth/VenousThromboembolism/Venous-Thromboembolism-VTE_UCM_488111_SubHomePage.jsp
• http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/VascularHealth/AorticAneurysm/Aortic-Aneurysms_UCM_488195_SubHomePage.jsp
• http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/AboutArrhythmia/What-is-Atrial-Fibrillation-AFib-or-AF_UCM_423748_Article.jsp#.W0hzudVKjSA