Pulmonary Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• ECG Challenge: C diff Infection With Irregular Pulse While being treated for a C diff infection, a patient with COPD is found to have an irregular pulse. What does his ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, November 02, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Thromboembolism Test your knowledge of the symptoms, workup, diagnosis, and treatment for venous thromboembolism with this short quiz.
  Medscape, October 20, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Parasomnias Are you prepared to identify, manage, and treat parasomnias and refer for underlying conditions as needed? Test yourself with a short quiz.
  Medscape, October 20, 2023
• A 44-Year-Old Woman With a Chicken Coop Has Dyspnea and Cough A 44-year-old woman reports progressive dyspnea and cough that produces yellow sputum. Significant exposures include a chicken coop that is regularly cleaned and a hot tub. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, October 17, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Are you up-to-date on the management and treatment options available to patients at different stages of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Test yourself with a quick quiz.
  Medscape, October 17, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: COVID-19 Vaccines Currently available vaccines have been reformulated to better address variants of concern; are you up on the most current guidance about COVID-19 vaccines? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, October 06, 2023
• ECG Challenge: Palpitations With Heavy Drinking When a college student experiences palpitations during a night out, he visits the health service. What does his ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, September 21, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: COVID-19 Prevention in Immunocompromised Patients Are you prepared to help protect individuals who are immunocompromised from COVID-19? Test your knowledge with a quick quiz.
  Medscape, September 14, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Exercise-Induced Asthma Are you ready to diagnose, manage, and treat exercise induced asthma in your patients? Test yourself with a short quiz. .
  Medscape, September 13, 2023
• Chest Pain, Cough, and Shortness of Breath A 31-year-old pregnant patient presents to the emergency department with left-sided chest pain, nonproductive cough, hemoptysis, and dyspnea at rest, exacerbated by activity. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, August 31, 2023