Dr. J. Stephen Kroger was the first president elected to serve on the COLA Board of Directors and continued to serve as the Chief Executive Officer. COLA was endorsed by 29 national and state medical organizations. It operated from two offices: the headquarters office in Columbia, Maryland (a suburban town halfway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore) where the COO and the five divisions were located; and one office in Denver,Colorado, where the CEO and part of the technical staff were located. Exhibit 1 shows that the organizational structure included four operating divisions and one administrative division. Each division was organized into departments in charge of specific functions. For example, the corporate communications & marketing division included four departments: sales, communications, marketing, and the Information Resource Center. The operations division included internet-based products, human resources, production, education, training, and information systems

11 I am confused whether clubbing is a feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or not - you have mentioned that it is not a feature of COPD but some books do say that clubbing is a clinical feature of COPD.

12 A 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a past history of myocardial infarction with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 25% is dyspnoeic on slight exertion such as walking, bathing. He is not orthopnoeic and claims to have no paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea (PND). He has no wheezing or productive cough and his blood pressure is normal. He has had three episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and has been on amiodarone for the past year. What is the best way to determine the exact cause of dyspnoea in this case?

13 In bronchiectasis, what is the reason for using a bronchodilator if the airways are already dilated?

14 Why is it that asthmatics having a severe attack can be seen clawing their hands?

15 Practical use of steroids: Which form of regimen is better (alternate-day, daily or in pulse form)? What should be the dose (once daily or three times daily or {2/3} in the morning)? For how long, especially when to give short courses as in asthmatics, when we don't need to taper it down?

16 In pregnancy, what is the recommended treatment for bronchial asthma? Is the use of the long-acting beta-adrenergic agonist Seretide, the corticosteroid Symbicort and leucotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) recommended?

17 In asthma patients, which is the safest analgesic to use?

18 Is the use of nebulized heparin in the treatment of asthmatic attacks recommended?

19 I would like to ask you about pneumonia and its classifications in particular; what are they?

20 What are the pathological differences in typical and atypical pneumonia?