By Jonathan Glatt
Peer Reviewed
It was my first week on the wards as a third-year medical student, and I found myself huddled with the team in a busy corner of the Bellevue ED, listening to …
Category: Pulmonary/Critical Care
Clinical Correlations
Diagnostic Challenges in Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Brief Review of Available Tests and their Appropriate Use
July 15, 2015
By: Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer Reviewed
“Indeterminate.” Many clinicians have expressed frustration when reading this word on a Quantiferon-TB Gold test result. The obligate follow-up question is: what is the next best step? Repeat the …
Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose CT Scans
May 9, 2014
By Susanna Jeurling
Peer Reviewed
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently finalized its position regarding annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for early detection of lung cancer. The grade B recommendation states that …
Mystery Quiz-The Answer
January 10, 2013Elizabeth Mulaikal MD, Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The answer to the mystery quiz is pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii infection. The patient’s clinical presentation of fevers and night sweats suggested an infectious process or B symptoms due to lymphoma. The initial chest radiograph (image 1) demonstrated a left hilar mass which …
Mystery Quiz
December 21, 2012Elizabeth Mulaikal MD, Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is a 55 year old African American male with a 60 pack year history of tobacco use and AIDS,who presented with 1 month of intermittent fevers and weight loss. His most recent CD4 count and viral load were 2/cmm and …
Xopenex: Is it worth the money?
August 16, 2012
By Han Na Kim
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case:
The patient is a 50-year-old woman with history of steroid-dependent, severe, persistent asthma since childhood and coronary artery disease who presented with dyspnea and URI symptoms admitted …
Bystander CPR: How Much Does It Help?
July 18, 2012
By Andrew L. Weinstein
Faculty Peer Reviewed
You have just completed a certification course in basic life support and are competent at performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using chest compressions, a CPR mask, a bag-valve mask …
What are the Barriers to Using Low Dose CT to Screen for Lung Cancer?
February 23, 2012
By Benjamin Lok
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths globally [1] and responsible for an estimated 221,120 new cases and 156,940 deaths in 2011 in …