Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Question 1 A 57-year-old man presents to his primary care physician with 3 months of persistent dry cough and unintentional weight loss of 25 lb….
Pulmonary Function Tests for the Boards
Pulmonary Function Tests for the Boards James K. Stoller POINTS TO REMEMBER: Typical questions on the boards address the following: common features of uncommon diseases, uncommon features of common diseases,…
Board Simulation in Critical Care Medicine
Board Simulation in Critical Care Medicine Aanchal Kapoor Jorge A. Guzman POINTS TO REMEMBER: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome The incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been estimated in…
Pleural Diseases
Pleural Diseases Anuradha Ramaswamy Raed A. Dweik Atul C. Mehta POINTS TO REMEMBER: The standard posteroanterior (PA) and lateral chest radiographs remain the most important techniques for the initial detection…
Interstitial Lung Disease
Interstitial Lung Disease Joseph G. Parambil POINTS TO REMEMBER: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) refers to a broad category of lung diseases rather than a specific disease entity and includes a…
Obstructive Lung Disease: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Obstructive Lung Disease: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Loutfi S. Aboussouan POINTS TO REMEMBER: Asthma affects 3% to 5% of the U.S. population. Asthma is a chronic, episodic disease…
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Humberto Choi Peter Mazzone, Atul C. Mehta POINTS TO REMEMBER: Epidemiology and Histology Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in both men and women. Histopathologically,…
Venous Thromboembolic Disease
Venous Thromboembolic Disease Aaron C. Hamilton Franklin A. Michota POINTS TO REMEMBER: It is estimated that up to 50% of deep vein thromboses (DVTs) are asymptomatic or go undetected. In…
Rheumatology
Rheumatology Question 1 Sweet’s syndrome is often associated with which of the following? a) Adenocarcinoma of the breast b) Adenocarcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract c) Pulmonary disease d) Myocarditis e)…
Selected Musculoskeletal Syndromes
Selected Musculoskeletal Syndromes Brian F. Mandell RAPID BOARD REVIEW—KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: Eliciting tenderness that does not mimic the patient’s pain syndrome is not diagnostic. HIP GIRDLE Hip Joint Pathology—pain…
