Pulmonology 1
Trimester of pregnancy with most frequent asthma exacerbations
Second trimester
Treatment for snoring and mild OSA
Weight loss
Pleural fluid LDH level in exudative pleural effusion
>2/3 upper limit of normal for serum LDH
Recommended test for lung cancer screening
Low-dose CT
SCD-related pulmonary vascular complication of pregnancy
Pulmonary hypertension
Change in SABA and inhaled glucocorticoid asthma treatment during pregnancy
None
Common drug cause of CSA
Opioids
Treatment for complicated parapneumonic effusion
Thoracostomy tube drainage
Diagnosis suggested by anterior mediastinal mass, myasthenia gravis
Thymoma
Hemolytic anemia, spherocytes, positive DAT
Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Test for occupational asthma
Spirometry before and after workplace exposure
Physical manifestation of CSA due to heart failure
Cheyne-Stokes breathing
PSP indication for pleurodesis
Second ipsilateral occurrence
Imaging for evaluation of solid lung nodule >8 mm
CT and PET
Management of liver disease, hypofibrinogenemia, active bleeding
Cryoprecipitate
Common cystic fibrosis symptoms
Chronic productive cough, recurrent sinusitis and pulmonary infections, GI disease
Preferred test for high likelihood of moderate/severe OSA
Home sleep apnea test
Treatment after first occurrence of SSP
Pleurodesis
USPSTF criteria for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT
Age 50-80 years, asymptomatic, ≥20 pack-years, smoker in past 15 years
Thrombocytopenia, prolonged aPTT and PT, elevated INR, hypofibrinogenemia, and elevated D-dimer level
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Clinical presentation of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Difficult-to-control asthma, productive cough, expectoration of mucus plugs
Preferred test for patients with likely mild OSA
In-lab polysomnography
Treatment for aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease
Leukotriene-receptor antagonists
PV therapy for patients intolerant of first-line agents
Ruxolitinib
Treatment of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Glucocorticoids