Pulmonology

Study of respiratory diseases

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2024
Anne Heche
Homer Heche Laffoon stated that the estate cannot pay its debt of over $6 million, including $2 million in damages sought by Lynne Mishele in a lawsuit related to the house crash.
2024
Anne Heche
Posthumous release of 'Wildfire', with Anne Heche playing the role of Diana Jones, directed by Eric Parkinson
2023
Anne Heche
Anne Heche appears in the television series The Idol, though her scenes were deleted
May 14 2023
Anne Heche
Heche's cremated remains were interred in a mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
March 17 2023
Anne Heche
Appeared posthumously with Alec Baldwin in the disaster action film Supercell.
2022
Anne Heche
Anne Heche stars in the television film 'Girl in Room 13', which was released posthumously
2022
Anne Heche
Posthumous release of 'What Remains', with Anne Heche playing the role of Maureen Silverton, directed by Nathan Scoggins
December 6 2022
Anne Heche
The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner released autopsy results, confirming no active illicit substances were in Heche's system at the time of the incident.
November 2022
Anne Heche
The court appointed Homer Heche Laffoon as the general administrator of Anne Heche's estate.
September 2022
Anne Heche
Submitted the manuscript for her second memoir, now titled 'Call Me Anne', shortly before her death, with publication planned for January 2023.
September 15 2022
Anne Heche
James Tupper filed a counter-petition challenging Homer Laffoon's estate administration, arguing that an email from Heche in 2011 should be considered her will and claiming Laffoon was too young and financially unstable to manage the estate.
August 2022
Anne Heche
Completed filming several posthumous films including Girl in Room 13 about human trafficking and Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse.
August 31 2022
Anne Heche
Homer Heche Laffoon filed a petition in Los Angeles County probate court to be named administrator of Anne Heche's estate after her death, also requesting a guardian ad litem for his half-brother Atlas Heche Tupper.
August 14 2022
Anne Heche
Organ recipients were found, and Heche was peacefully taken off life support. Hospital staff held an honor walk to commemorate her organ donation.
August 11 2022
Anne Heche
Died from injuries sustained in the car crash at a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 53.
August 11 2022
Anne Heche
Heche was declared brain dead after sustaining an anoxic brain injury, but remained on life support to assess organ donor viability.
August 8 2022
Anne Heche
Anne Heche's representative announced she was in a coma in critical condition, requiring medical ventilation due to pulmonary injury from a car crash.
August 5 2022
Anne Heche
Critically injured in a high-speed car crash in Los Angeles.
August 5 2022
Anne Heche
Anne Heche was involved in a series of three motor vehicle collisions in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. The final collision was the most serious, causing her to crash into a house, which caught fire and trapped her in the vehicle. She sustained severe burns and smoke inhalation injuries during this incident.
2021
Anne Heche
Anne Heche begins recurring role as Corrine Cuthbert in All Rise (season 2), appearing in 5 episodes
2021
Anne Heche
Announced she was working on a second memoir tentatively titled 'Call Me Sane' during her podcast 'Better Together'.
2020
Anne Heche
Launched the podcast 'Better Together' with Heather Duffy Boylston.
2020
Anne Heche
Appeared as a contestant on the 29th season of Dancing with the Stars, finishing in 13th place.
2019
Anne Heche
Announced a relationship with former Hung co-star Thomas Jane.
2019
Anne Heche
Anne Heche received a Career Tribute Award at the Sarasota Film Festival, recognizing her achievements in the film industry.
2019
Anne Heche
Anne Heche continues guest role in Chicago P.D. (season 7)
2019
Chest tube
Experts in cardiac surgery, anesthesia, and critical care developed the ERAS Guidelines for Perioperative Care, recommending active clearance of chest tubes to prevent retained blood and other complications.
October 2019
Hypoxia
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Gregg L. Semenza for their groundbreaking discovery of cellular mechanisms to sense and adapt to different oxygen concentrations.
2018
Anne Heche
Anne Heche begins recurring role as Deputy Superintendent Katherine Brennan in Chicago P.D. (season 6)
2018
Ventilator-associated lung injury
The Cochrane Collaboration conducted a systematic review providing evidence that low tidal volume ventilation reduces post-operative pneumonia and reduces the need for invasive and non-invasive ventilation after surgery.
December 2018
Chest tube
The European Respiratory Journal published correspondences exploring potential improvements in patient mobility and outcomes through optimized chest tube placement techniques.
January 2018
Anne Heche
Anne Heche publicly alleged on the Allegedly podcast that Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed her by exposing himself and demanding oral sex. She claimed she was fired from a Miramax film after refusing his advances.
January 2018
Anne Heche
Separated from James Tupper.
2017
Anne Heche
Hosted a weekly radio show on SiriusXM with Jason Ellis called 'Love and Heche'.
2017
Anne Heche
Played Joyce, the mentally ill mother of Jeffrey Dahmer in the film My Friend Dahmer, receiving positive reviews for her performance.
September 25 2017
Anne Heche
Debuted as the series lead playing DIA Deputy Director Patricia Campbell in the military/espionage thriller The Brave on NBC.
2016
Anne Heche
Starred in the comedy Catfight opposite Sandra Oh, portraying one of two bitter rivals in a lifelong grudge match.
September 27 2016
Anne Heche
Starred in the post-apocalyptic action drama Aftermath on Space network and Syfy, playing Karen Copeland, a US Air Force pilot navigating Armageddon.
2014
Anne Heche
Portrayed the head of the FBI field office in Jerusalem in the USA Network action-adventure drama series Dig.
2013
Anne Heche
Headlined the short-lived NBC sitcom Save Me, playing a Midwestern housewife who believes she is channeling God.
2011
Anne Heche
Starred in the independent comedy Cedar Rapids as a seductive insurance agent, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received critical praise.
2011
Anne Heche
Appeared in the drama Rampart alongside Woody Harrelson and Cynthia Nixon, playing one of two former wives of a corrupt police officer.
2010
Anne Heche
Heche made a cameo appearance as a CEO in the comedy film The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.

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