Pulmonary Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• After Unprotected Sex, 50-Year-Old Has Rash, Severe Weakness A 50-year-old man who is unhoused presents with skin rash, significant weight loss, diarrhea, and severe weakness. He has multiple sex partners and does not use any protection. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, August 22, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Next-Generation Sequencing in NSCLC How much do you know about next-generation sequencing in non-small cell lung cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, August 22, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and RET Mutation How familiar are you with RET rearrangements in NSCLC? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, August 22, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Man With Decompensated Heart Failure and Dyspnoea A 68-year-old man presented with acute decompensated heart failure, worsening dyspnoea, lower extremity oedema and a history of coronary artery disease. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, August 18, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Man With Type 2 Diabetes and Numb Hands and Feet A 52-year-old man with type 2 diabetes reported a gradual onset of loose stools and mild numbness and a burning sensation that began in his hands and feet. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, August 18, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: KRAS Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer How much do you know about KRAS mutations in non-small cell lung cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, August 16, 2022
• A 27-Year-Old Woman With Constant Headache Too Tired to Party A 27-year-old woman who has had constant headaches since she was a teenager presents after falling asleep at work. Her friends say she's always 'too tired to party.' Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, August 08, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: COVID-19 Vaccines What do you know about COVID-19 vaccines? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, August 02, 2022
• Patient Simulation: A 68-Year-Old Woman With Presumed COPD and Exertional Dyspnea A 68-year-old woman with presumed COPD and exertional dyspnea was recently hospitalized despite treatment. How would you approach her management?
  Medscape, August 02, 2022
• 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, July 22, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease How familiar are you with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 22, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure How familiar are you with chronic kidney disease and heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 19, 2022
• An Adopted 43-Year-Old With Bad Breath, Dyspnea, Dysphagia A 43-year-old man presents with dyspnea secondary to swelling in his left neck region. He also has progressive difficulty tolerating his secretions and swallowing. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, July 14, 2022
• A 51-Year-Old Man Avoiding Sexual Intercourse Due to Rectal Pain A 51-year-old man has not been sexually active for the past 12 months because of cramping rectal pain. He has also had intermittent episodes of hematochezia for 6 months. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, July 05, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Vitamin B6 Deficiency How much do you know about this vitamin and associated health conditions? Test yourself on the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of vitamin B6 deficiency with this short quiz.
  Medscape, July 01, 2022
• A 16-Year-Old With Quadriparesis After Respiratory Infection A 16-year-old boy presents with a 1-week history of weakness of both lower extremities, which progressed to involve both the arms over the course of 1 day. Can you make the diagnosis?
  Medscape, June 29, 2022
• Patient Simulation: A 64-Year-Old Man With Exertional Dyspnea, Cough, and Bilateral Joint Pain A semiretired carpenter reports joint pain and dyspnea while practicing his craft. What evaluations and treatments are needed?
  Medscape, June 28, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Imaging How much do you know about imaging in IPF? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, June 21, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: PF-ILD Presentation and Diagnosis Can you identify PF-ILD? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, June 16, 2022
• A 7-Year-Old With a Limp and Obesity Who Fell in the Street A 7-year-old boy presents with left hip and knee pain and refuses to bear weight on his left leg. His mother reports that the child fell down in the street 2 days ago. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, June 15, 2022