Hospital Medicine

General Pulmonary

Questions discussed in this category

How do you decide between anticoagulation and observation for an incidentally detected subsegmental pulmonary embolism in elderly patients with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding?

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How do you counsel patients who are concerned that discontinuation of certain chronic medications may actually perpetuate suffering at the end of life?

Do you ever continue medications such as rate-control agents for tachyarrhythmias, anticoagulation for blood clots, immunosuppression to prevent trans...

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Is it clinically necessary to provide supplemental oxygen to patients with mild, asymptomatic hypoxemia only during activity while they are recovering from an acute respiratory illness?

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How do you mitigate risk when performing bronchoscopy in hypoxic patients requiring high levels of supplemental oxygen?

Is there a threshold amount of oxygen above which you would avoid bronchoscopy?

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How do you decide between oral vs nasal route of entry for bronchoscopy with BAL with moderate sedation?

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How do you manage concurrent non-life-threatening hemoptysis and acute pulmonary embolism?

Estimating blood loss from hemoptysis is not always reliable. The bleeding may be due to the PE itself. Is anticoagulation with any degree of hemoptys...

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Do you routinely obtain a CXR or CT after identifying an etiology for dyspnea on POCUS?

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Do you favor aggressive airway clearance regimens or bronchoscopy for clearing occluding mucous plugs in patients who are not in respiratory distress?

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