Pulmonology

Restrictive Lung Disease

• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Systemic Sarcoidosis
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Pneumoconiosis
• Eosinophilic Pulmonary Syndromes

Acute Respiratory Failure

• Hypoxemia
• ARDS

Pulmonary Vascular Disease

• Pulmonary Hypertension/Cor Pulmonale
• Pulmonary Embolism

Neoplasms of the Lungs

• Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
• Lung Cancer
  • Start LD CT screening in smokers at age 50.

Pleural Disease

• Pleural Effusion
• Pneumothorax

Pulmonary Sleep Disorders

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

Missed Concepts

• Get a speech and swallow eval in patients with evidence of aspiration pneumonia (sour taste in mouth, pulmonary consolidation surrounding an abscess with an air-fluid level).
• Chest PT and suctioning are used for post-op atelectasis. In patients with wheezing in the early post-operative period, think bronchospasm and consider scheduled nebulized bronchodilators.
• Reintubate early in a patient who develops laryngeal edema with impending respiratory failure.