Pulmonary Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic GVHD Management Are you familiar with the management of patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 04, 2024
• Years of Severe Exhaustion, Fatigue, and Family Stress A woman presents with fatigue and new-onset atrial fibrillation. She attributes her symptoms to the death of her husband and drug addiction problems with her grandchildren. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 03, 2024
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• Skill Checkup: Man With Acute Shortness of Breath An 80-year-old Black man with a history of HFrEF, well-controlled paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes with acute shortness of breath. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 02, 2024
• ECG Challenge: Is Heart Disease Causing His Irregular Pulse? During a routine cardiology visit, a 64-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease has an irregular pulse. What does the ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, December 22, 2023
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• Skill Checkup: Man With Worsening Fatigue and Shortness of Breath A 62-year-old male with a history of COPD complains of worsening fatigue after engaging in minimal activities and shortness of breath. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 20, 2023
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• Fast Five Quiz: Severe Asthma Guidelines Are you up-to-date on the latest guidance for severe asthma management? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 13, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With COPD Exacerbation Episodes A 67-year-old woman with a 1-year history of COPD is experiencing exacerbation episodes, despite treatment. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 13, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With Breathlessness, Fatigue, and Agitation A 72-year-old woman presents with breathlessness, extreme fatigue, and weakness, and can be heard wheezing. She is also highly agitated and is sweating profusely. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Severe Asthma How much do you know about new therapies and the GINA guideline recommendations for severe asthma? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
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• Fast Five Quiz: Childhood Obesity How familiar are you with childhood obesity? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: COPD Maintenance Therapy How familiar are you with maintenance therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 04, 2023
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• Fast Five Quiz: HFrEF How much do you know about the presentation, workup, and treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 01, 2023
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• Fast Five Quiz: Heart Failure Comorbidities How much do you know about comorbidities occurring with heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 01, 2023
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• Brain Fog and Anxiety in a 45-Year-Old Woman Who Intermittently Fasts For the past 4-5 months, a 45-year-old woman has had difficulty concentrating, which she describes as "brain fog." She has also experienced daytime anxiety and has been more tired than usual.
  Medscape, November 30, 2023
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• Skill Checkup: A 65-Year-Old Man With Racing Heart Rate A 65-year-old man presents with complaints of progressively increasing shortness of breath on moderate exertion, which began approximately 2 weeks earlier, and racing heart rate. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, November 29, 2023
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• Should This Pregnant Woman Get the RSV Vaccine? Another child of hers was hospitalized with RSV, and this mother wants to prevent that from happening again.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 28, 2023
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• 25-Year-Old With Joint Pain and Lightheadedness A 25-year-old presents with lightheadedness, dyspnea, vague joint aches, and fatigue. Her husband recalls that she had an itchy rash after playing outside with their kids. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, November 22, 2023
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• Hematologic Complications After Femoral Fracture Surgery During the course of her postoperative hospital stay, a gradual decline in her platelet count is noted.
  Medscape, November 15, 2023
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• 28-Year-Old Writer With Bilious Vomiting A 28-year-old woman presents after 14 hours of nonbloody, bilious emesis and cramping along her lower abdomen. She develops watery, nonbloody diarrhea after arrival. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, November 13, 2023
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• Fast Five Quiz: Weight Loss How familiar are you with the latest information concerning weight reduction? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 06, 2023
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