Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards

Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards is based on cases presented by faculty and fellows at the Mayo Clinic Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Wednesday Morning Case Conference, a weekly conference where interesting cases are presented in a'guess the diagnosis'format. The presenter leads the audience through the patient's clinical course highlighting clinically important facts and pearls in a question-and-answer format. The presentation concludes with take-home points relevant to clinical practice. Mayo Clinic is a tertiary-care referral medical center, which gives them the opportunity to see rare diseases or rare presentations of common diseases that don't present as frequently in other medical centers. Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards is designed to be the optimal resource for board exam preparation in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Sections: · Section I: Obstructive Lung Disease · Section II: Critical Care Medicine · Section III: Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease · Section IV: Sleep Medicine, Neuromuscular and Skeletal · Section V: Infections · Section VI: Neoplasia · Section VII: Pleural Diseases · Section VIII: Interventional Pulmonology · Section IX: Transplantation · Section X: Vascular Diseases · Section XI: Occupational and Environmental Diseases Cover Series Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards Copyright Dedication Table of Contents Contributors Section I Obstructive Lung Disease (Cases 1–​6) 1 A 45-​Year-​Old Man With Chronic Cough and Dyspnea on Exertion Case Presentation 2 A 59-​Year-​Old Woman With Episodic Dyspnea Case Presentation 3 A 77-​Year-​Old Man With Chronic Cough and Recurrent Pneumonia 4 A 63-​Year-​Old Woman With Recurrent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 5 A 28-​Year-​Old Woman With Worsening Cough and Hemoptysis 6 An 84-​Year-​Old Man With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cirrhosis Section II Critical Care Medicine (Cases 7–​13) 7 A 67-​Year-​Old Woman With Hyperglycemia 8 A 52-​Year-​Old Man With Suicidal Ideation and Bipolar Disorder 9 A 66-​Year-​Old Man With Fatigue, Dyspnea, and Hypoxemia 10 A 51-​Year-​Old Man With Fever, Dyspnea, and Productive Cough 11 A 49-​Year-​Old Man With Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding 12 A 74-​Year-​Old Man With Shortness of Breath, Cough, Rigors, and Malaise 13 A 63-​Year-​Old Woman With Back Pain, Weakness, Tachycardia, and Hypertension Section III Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (Cases 14–​21) 14 A 45-​Year-​Old Man With Worsening Dyspnea and Hypoxemia 15 A 55-​Year-​Old Woman With Dyspnea, Cough, and Acute Kidney Failure 16 A 51-​Year-​Old Man With Fatigue, Dyspnea, and Lung Nodules 17 A 48-​Year-​Old Woman With Shortness of Breath and Cough 18 A 59-​Year-​Old Woman With Progressive Dyspnea Undergoing Evaluation for Lung Transplant 19 A 52-​Year-​Old Woman With Arthralgias, Hair Loss, and Skin Ulcers 20 A 61-​Year-​Old Man With Dyspnea on Minimal Exertion 21 A 67-​Year-​Old Woman With Progressive Dyspnea and Atypical Infiltrates Section IV Sleep Medicine, Neuromuscular and Skeletal (Cases 22–24) 22 A 60-​Year-​Old Man With Persistent Coma 23 An 83-​Year-​Old Woman With Obstructive Sleep Apnea at High Altitude 24 An 82-​Year-​Old Woman With Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure Section V Infections (Cases 25–​29) 25 A 48-​Year-​Old Man With Recurrent Pneumonia 26 A 36-​Year-​Old Man With Recurrent Fevers, Dry Cough, and Weight Loss 27 A 37-​Year-​Old Man With Sudden Loss of Vision 28 A 71-​Year-​Old Woman With Diarrhea and Recurrent Fever 29 A 51-​Year-​Old Woman With Fever and Cough Section VI Neoplasia (Cases 30–​36) 30 A 54-​Year-​Old Woman With Chronic Hoarseness and Cough 31 A 56-​Year-​Old Man With Persistent Pneumonia 32 A 74-​Year-​Old Man With a Pulmonary Nodule and Neck Pain 33 A 68-​Year-​Old Man With Dyspnea and Multiple Pulmonary Nodules 34 A 49-​Year-​Old Man With Dizziness, Fatigue, Muscle Weakness, and Shortness of Breath 35 A 71-​Year-​Old Woman With a Nodule in the Right Lung 36 A 65-​Year-​Old Man With Shoulder Pain, Cough, and Dyspnea Section VII Pleural Diseases (Cases 37–​43) 37 A 49-​Year-​Old Man With Cough, Dyspnea, and Right-​Sided Chest Pain 38 A 45-​Year-​Old Woman With Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock 39 An 81-​Year-​Old Man With Chronic Dyspnea and Recurrent Pleural Effusion 40 A 46-​Year-​Old Woman With Progressive Shortness of Breath 41 A 25-​Year-​Old Man With Sudden Onset of Severe Dyspnea 42 A 71-​Year-​Old Woman With Cough, Night Sweats, and Fevers 43 A 57-​Year-​Old Woman With Progressively Decreasing Oxygen Saturation After Liver Transplant Section VIII Interventional Pulmonology (Cases 44 and 45) 44 A 79-​Year-​Old Woman With Shortness of Breath, Fatigue, Near Syncope, and Chest Tightness 45 A 49-​Year-​Old Woman With Coital Hemoptysis Section IX Transplantation (Cases 46–​48) 46 A 60-​Year-​Old Man With Fever, Cough, and Fatigue 2 Months After Bilateral Lung Transplant 47 A 59-​Year-​Old Man With Progressive Shortness of Breath and Fatigue 18 Months After Bilateral Lung Transplant 48 A 64-​Year-​Old Man With Back Spasms and Dyspnea 3 Weeks After Lung Transplant Section X Vascular Diseases (Cases 49–​51) 49 A 57-​Year-​Old Man With a History of Recurrent Epistaxis and Arteriovenous Malformations 50 A 68-​Year-​Old Woman With Dyspnea and Pleuritic Chest Pain 51 A 71-​Year-​Old Man With Dyspnea and Hypoxemia Section XI Occupational and Environmental Diseases (Cases 52–​54) 52 A 91-​Year-​Old Man With a Pulmonary Nodule, Abdominal Pain, and Anorexia 53 A 23-​Year-​Old Man With Dyspnea and Pleural Effusions 54 A 68-​Year-​Old Man With Chronic Cough Index