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Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach patients who identify so strongly with being sick or with a particular diagnostic label that it makes up a significant portion of their identity?
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Do you hold anticoagulation prior to performing bronchoalveolar lavage?
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Is methacholine challenge on its way out?
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What is the duration of steroids that you prescribe for organizing pneumonia?
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How do you read a PFT with restrictive type spirometry but normal lung volumes?
What clinical significance does this have and how do you follow these patients?
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How do you determine the severity of restrictive lung disease?
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Can transudative pleural effusions lead to trapped lung?
In trapped lung, a fibrous peel over the visceral pleura restricts pleural expansion. Could transudative pleural effusions lead to this condition?
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Do you always comment on VA and KCO when reading PFT's when gas transfer is ordered?
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How do you manage immunosuppressive medications in patients who develop a pneumonia?
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What therapies do you routinely use to prevent mucus plug formation after endobronchial stent placement?
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How long do you normally wait before considering any bronchoscopic procedure (EBUS-TBNA, Transbronchial biopsy) after an episode of acute PE in a patient needing these procedures?
Normally, waiting 6-12 weeks of therapeutic anticoagulation after an acute PE is suggested for any bronchoscopic procedure, however there is always a ...
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What is your approach to initial work up for a young patient with bronchiectasis?
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Is there a role for biologics to help patients with ABPA who are steroid responsive and have removed their allergen insult, but continue to have an elevated serum IgE and incomplete resolution of symptoms return to their baseline functional status?
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Do you routinely use hypertonic saline for pulmonary toileting in patients with non-CF bronchiectasis?
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What is your approach to the monitoring and management of a never-smoker with respiratory symptoms and a nonspecific ventilatory pattern on pulmonary function testing?
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Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med, 2022 Sep 04
Bronchodilators in Tobacco-Exposed Persons with Symptoms and Preserved Lung Function.
Eur Respir J, 2017 Sep 09
European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis.
Thorax, 2019 Jan
British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults.
The European respiratory journal, 2005-11
Interpretative strategies for lung function tests.
The European respiratory journal, 2022 Jul 13
ERS/ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests.
Chest, 2005-01
Analyses of efficacy end points in a controlled trial of interferon-gamma1b for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2002 Jan 15
American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Consensus Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias. This joint statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) was adopted by the ATS board of directors, June 2001 and by the ERS Executive Committee, June 2001.
Clinics in chest medicine, 2004 Dec
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.

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