Pulmonology
- Is there a doctor on board? In-flight medical emergencies
Although not legally required to render assistance, physicians have an ethical obligation to do so and should be prepared.
- Optimizing diagnostic testing for venous thromboembolism
A thoughtful approach to diagnosing venous thromboembolism and screening for thrombophilic disorders.
- Breast calcifications mimicking pulmonary nodules
Radiography suggested the lesions were in the lungs, but CT and mammography said otherwise.
- Is spirometry necessary to diagnose and control asthma?
Asthma is a clinical diagnosis, but spirometry can improve how we diagnose, assess, and control it.
- Metastatic pulmonary calcification and end-stage renal disease
CT may show diffusely calcified nodules, high-attenuation areas of consolidation, or fluffy ground-glass nodules.
- To have not and then to have: A challenging immune paradox
The immune reactivation syndrome can occur when the immune system in an immunosuppressed patient with a partially controlled indolent infection is suddenly normalized.
- Drug reaction or metastatic lung cancer?
Imaging shows nodules randomly distributed throughout both lungs, a paradoxical reaction to drug therapy.
- Submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016)
Readers comment on submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016).