Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum

Editors:

Michael W. Peterson,* M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Joel N. Kline, M.D. 
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

The University of Iowa

* Currently Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California--Fresno

Peer Review Status: Externally Peer Reviewed
First Published: April 1996
Last Revised: August 1999

Table of Contents

Introduction and Goals for Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Medical Education policies

Airway Disease

• COPD with Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale

Pleural Disease

• Pneumothorax
• Parapneumonic Effusions
• Pleural Effusion

Infectious Disease

• Lung Disease in Patients with AIDS
• Parapneumonic Effusions
• Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia
• Chronic Cavitary Histoplasmosis
• A Complex Case of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis-Management and Drug Treatment

Vascular Disease

• Pulmonary Embolism
• Wegener's Granulomatosis
• Acute Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosis

Malignant Disease

• Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

Clinical Problems

• Hemoptysis
• Evaluation of Chronic Cough
• Smoking Cessation

Environmental and Occupational Disorders

• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (farmer's lung disease)

Index of Pulmonary Core Curriculum Media

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