Pulmonary Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• Patient Simulation: A 55-Year-Old Woman With Systemic Sclerosis and Dyspnea Is this patient with scleroderma deconditioned due to lack of exercise or does her dyspnea indicate something more serious?
  Medscape, July 29, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Idiopathic Hypersomnia Differential Diagnosis How much do you know about the differential diagnosis of hypersomnia? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 29, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Hiccups Can you recognize links between hiccups and serious pathologies, and answer questions on best practices? Take this short quiz on an annoying condition that can negatively affect quality of life.
  Medscape, July 26, 2021
• A 53-Year-Old Social Media Worker With Dysphonia and Paresis A 53-year-old woman who works from home on her family's social media business initially presents with abdominal pain. Her condition progresses to include dysphonia and paresis. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, July 20, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Precision Medicine in Cancer How much do you know about precision medicine in cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 15, 2021
• 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, July 15, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Myasthenia Gravis Emergency Management Can you identify an exacerbation of myasthenia gravis? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 07, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Severe Asthma Management How much do you know about the management of severe asthma? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 07, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Myasthenia Gravis Myasthenia gravis is a relatively rare autoimmune disorder that can result in weakness that leads to neuromuscular respiratory failure. Test yourself on key aspects with our short quiz.
  Medscape, July 06, 2021
• ECG Challenge: Abnormal Telemetry Before Cholecystectomy A woman's telemetry unit goes haywire the night before her gallbladder removal. What's going on?
  Medscape Cardiology, June 28, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Vitamin C Do you know key information about vitamin C and health? From which foods contain the highest amounts to clinical info about its link to disease states, test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, June 24, 2021
• Skill Checkup: A Man With Exertional Dyspnea and Dry Cough A 67-year-old man is referred for further evaluation of slowly progressive exertional dyspnea developing at shorter intervals and worsening over the past 12 months. How would you diagnose and treat this patient?
  Medscape, June 23, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Sinusitis With Nasal Polyps Chronic rhinosinusitis is one of the most common medical disorders worldwide. How much do you know about chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, June 18, 2021
• A Marijuana User With Sudden Chest Pain Radiating to His Neck An 18-year-old man presents with sudden-onset chest pain in the midsubsternal region, radiating to the neck. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, June 11, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) How much do you know about the presentation, workup, and treatment of HFrEF? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, June 10, 2021
• Patient Simulation: A 45-Year-Old Woman With Recurrent Chest Pain and Low-Grade Fever A middle-aged woman is experiencing worsening chest pain after a decrease in steroid dosage. How would you address the care of this patient?
  Medscape, June 03, 2021
• A 28-Year-Old Writer With Bilious Vomiting After Egg Donation 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, May 28, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Iron-Deficiency Anemia Iron-deficiency anemia occurs when stores of iron are too low to support normal red blood cell production. Are you familiar with this condition? Test your knowledge with our quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 18, 2021
• A 52-Year-Old Man With a Hole in His Jaw and Alcoholism A 52-year-old-man referred to dentistry for dentures presents with a large opening in the left retromolar area. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, May 17, 2021
• Fast Five Quiz: Allergic Asthma Management How familiar are you with strategies for the management of allergic asthma? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 14, 2021