Pulmonary Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: Joint Pain Joint pain results in substantial financial costs and diminished quality of life. Do you know key aspects and guidelines for best practices related to common causes of joint pain?
  Medscape, February 2019
• Sudden Illness in a Highly Active 80-Year-Old Woman An 80-year-old woman presents with malaise, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and watery diarrhea. She is highly active, with a full-time job as a realtor. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, February 2019
• Palliative Care in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Is a patient recently diagnosed with IPF a good candidate for palliative care?
  Medscape Nurses, February 2019
• A 23-Year-Old Avoiding Altitude Sickness: USMLE Question A 23-year-old man is seeking advice on avoiding altitude sickness when he climbs mountains. Do you know how to best advise him?
  Osmosis, January 2019
• A 55-Year-Old Woman Short of Breath: USMLE Question A 55-year-old woman presents with shortness of breath. She has a history of deep vein thrombosis and current breast cancer. What's the next step in management?
  Osmosis, January 2019
• Sudden-Onset Chest Pain in an 80-Year-Old Man With COPD An 80-year-old man presents with a 2-day history of right-sided chest pain that was sudden in onset, is constant, and is exacerbated by coughing and deep inspiration. What is the diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 2019
• A 42-Year-Old Woman With a Chronic Productive Cough A 42-year-old woman with a chronic productive cough is repeatedly treated for pneumonia. At her latest follow-up, she reports intermittent dyspnea and fatigue. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, December 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Venous Thromboembolism Venous thromboembolism encompasses deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Are you familiar with best practices for diagnosis and treatment? Refresh and test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Key Aspects of Venous Thromboembolism Early diagnosis and treatment of VTE significantly reduce morbidity and mortality. Are you familiar with the presentation and treatment of venous thromboembolism? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Influenza Are you prepared for another flu season? Test yourself on essential core components of influenza and refresh your knowledge of best practices with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Amyloidosis Diagnosis and Treatment Amyloidosis is characterized by the accumulation of fibrillar proteins in various body tissues. Test your knowledge of the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of amyloidosis with this short quiz.
  Medscape, November 2018
• A 65-Year-Old With Chest Pain and Fever: USMLE Question A 65-year-old man presents with chest pain, chronic cough, and intermittent fevers. What's the best treatment option?
  Osmosis, November 2018
• Echo Case: Four of a Kind Dr Wharton demonstrates an interesting and unusual case of a young adult with dyspnea, highlighting the value of M-mode echocardiography.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Inherited Conditions Many disorders and conditions can be traced to parents and grandparents. Are you familiar with key aspects of common familially inherited conditions? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, October 2018
• Case Challenge: The Many Variations of Snoring Snoring is common and potentially miserable for the patient and loved ones. These four cases illustrate the latest guidelines on evaluation and management.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 2018
• Time Out! A Close Look at Antibiotic Use in LTC Clinical cases illustrate the overuse of antibiotics to treat radiographic findings and lab reports, especially when prescribing over the phone.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Fall Allergies Although many people associate allergies with spring and summer, allergic symptoms are extremely common in the fall as well. Test your knowledge on causes, workup, and treatment with our short quiz.
  Medscape, September 2018
• An Unresponsive 45-Year-Old Woman Foaming at the Mouth A 45-year-old woman is presented to the emergency department as priority 1 unresponsive. Her boyfriend found her foaming at the mouth and unresponsive. What's the cause?
  Medscape, September 2018
• A 52-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea: USMLE Question A 52-year-old man presents with progressive dyspnea and purulent sputum production. What's the most likely diagnosis?
  Osmosis, September 2018
• Fast Five Quiz: Key Aspects of Atrial Fibrillation Do you know key aspects of atrial fibrillation, including important elements of the etiology, presentation, workup, and treatment? Refresh and assess your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, September 2018