Pulmonology
- Is it safe to start steroids at home for a COPD exacerbation after virtual assessment in the COVID-19 era?
Yes. Corticosteroids are beneficial, and virtual visits are appropriate, especially in this pandemic.
- A cutaneous clue to HIV infection
A retired trucker presented with fever, cough, dyspnea, and a rash on his forehead.
- All that wheezes…
All that wheezes is not asthma, but it is airway obstruction of one kind or another.
- Precision treatment for metastatic non–small cell lung cancer: A conceptual overview
Targeted therapy has revolutionized treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors.
- Severe chemical pneumonitis from tetrahydrocannabinol ‘vaping’ and ‘dabbing’
THC products have been implicated in an outbreak of lung injury.
- Reversal of direct oral anticoagulants: Highlights from the Anticoagulation Forum guideline
Clear instructions on how to manage DOAC-associated bleeding.
- Cryptosporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient with persistent diarrhea
A 29-year-old lung transplant recipient presents with diarrhea lasting 1 month.
- COVID-19 coagulopathy
Skepticism of high-intensity prophylaxis for patients with D-dimer ≥ 3.0 µg/mL.
- In Reply: COVID-19 coagulopathy
An attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of intensified prophylaxis.