Pulmonology

Internal Medicine

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Do you recommend procalcitonin to help convince other providers to stop antibiotics in patients with pneumonia in whom a non-infectious diagnosis is strongly suspected?

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For patients with newly diagnosed VTE on IV heparin planned for transition to DOAC, would you start at the loading or maintenance DOAC dose?

If they have been on IV heparin for 3 days, for example, would you subtract those days from the recommended loading dose time?

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In a patient with severe hyponatremia and acute kidney injury in the setting of hypovolemic shock, would fluid resuscitation take precedence over the rate at which sodium is corrected?

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How do you approach the use of benzodiazepines in patients with chronic medical illnesses that may be susceptible to respiratory compromise (e.g., CHF, COPD, ILD)?

Should you work to wean patients of benzodiazepines? Is your approach different for patients who have been on benzodiazepines for years? What would yo...

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Have you observed adverse mental health side effects in patients who start montelukast?

In light of the FDA warning about mental health side effects of the medication have you observed in particular any patients develop suicidal thoughts ...

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How do you screen rheumatoid arthritis patients for lung disease (modality, frequency, patient selection)?

This question is part of our collaboration with ACR Convergence to Continue the Conversation from the meeting.

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