Pulmonary medicine 1
Initial test for PH
Transthoracic echocardiography
Diagnosis suggested by nocturnal absence of respiratory effort, airflow
CSA
Diagnosis suggested by asymptomatic bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
Pulmonary sarcoidosis
Most common causes of pleural effusion
Heart failure, pneumonia, malignancy
Initial test for cystic fibrosis
Sweat chloride
Initial imaging for CTEPH
V/Q scan
Primary risk factor for CSA
Heart failure
Sarcoidosis management for asymptomatic patients without organ dysfunction
Observation
Most common causes of lymphocyte-predominant pleural effusion
TB, cancer
Common symptoms of bronchiectasis
Chronic productive cough, frequent respiratory infections
Treatment for CTEPH
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and anticoagulation
Common drug cause of CSA
Opioids
Symptoms most suggestive of DPLD
Subacute/chronic nonproductive cough and dyspnea
Pleural fluid enzyme test for TB
Adenosine deaminase
Pulmonary infections suggestive of bronchiectasis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus, non-TB mycobacteria
Systemic sclerosis variant associated with PAH
Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis
Physical manifestation of CSA due to heart failure
Cheyne-Stokes breathing
Characteristics of idiopathic NSIP compared with IPF
Typically affects younger population, has more favorable prognosis
Diagnoses suggested by elevated pleural fluid amylase
Pancreatitis, esophageal rupture
Bronchiectasis CT findings
Bronchial wall thickening, cysts, dilated airways without distal tapering
First-line therapy for PAH if tolerated
Endothelin-1 receptor antagonist plus PDE-5 inhibitor
OHS defining parameter
Daytime hypercapnia
DPLD mimic of ARDS
Acute interstitial pneumonia
Pleural fluid pH and glucose level in complicated parapneumonic effusion
pH <7.2, glucose <60 mg/dL
Clinical presentation of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Difficult-to-control asthma, productive cough, expectoration of mucus plugs