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ABIM Pulmonary Disease Prep Course (Pulm/CC)

84 lessons. Online and self-paced.

Pulmonary Physiology

Core physiologic principles and diagnostic interpretation skills that anchor pulmonary board reasoning, especially PFTs, ABGs, oxygenation, and imaging pattern recognition.

  1. 1Lung Volumes And Compliance
  2. 2Ventilation Perfusion Relationships
  3. 3Diffusion And DLCO Patterns
  4. 4Spirometry Patterns And Severity
  5. 5Bronchodilator Response Criteria
  6. 6Flow Volume Loop Disorders
  7. 7ABG Acid Base Analysis
  8. 8Oxygenation And A-a Gradient
  9. 9Thoracic Imaging Pattern Recognition

Obstructive Lung Disease

Board-focused diagnosis and management of asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, upper-airway mimics, and acute obstructive presentations.

  1. 10Asthma Pathobiology And Phenotypes
  2. 11Asthma Diagnostic Confirmation
  3. 12Stepwise Asthma Pharmacotherapy
  4. 13Acute Asthma Exacerbations
  5. 14Difficult Asthma Evaluation
  6. 15Upper Airway Obstruction Mimics
  7. 16COPD Diagnosis And Staging
  8. 17COPD Maintenance Therapy
  9. 18COPD Exacerbation Management
  10. 19Bronchiectasis Etiologies And Imaging
  11. 20Bronchiectasis Microbiology And Workup
  12. 21Bronchiectasis Chronic Management

Interstitial And Restrictive Disease

Restriction patterns, idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, granulomatous and smoking-related ILD, and connective tissue disease-related lung disease.

  1. 22Restrictive PFT And Imaging Patterns
  2. 23ILD Diagnostic Framework
  3. 24Hypersensitivity And Granulomatous ILD
  4. 25UIP And IPF Features
  5. 26NSIP COP And AIP
  6. 27Fibrotic ILD Treatment Strategies
  7. 28CTD Associated ILD Patterns
  8. 29Smoking Related Interstitial Disorders
  9. 30Eosinophilic And Hemorrhagic Syndromes

Pulmonary Infections

Adult pulmonary infections including community pathogens, tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, fungal disease, and opportunistic infections.

  1. 31Pneumonia Syndromes And Patterns
  2. 32Aspiration Pneumonitis Versus Pneumonia
  3. 33Nonresolving Pneumonia Evaluation
  4. 34Pulmonary Tuberculosis Recognition
  5. 35Latent And Active TB Management
  6. 36NTM Lung Disease Criteria
  7. 37Endemic Fungal Pulmonary Disease
  8. 38Aspergillus Clinical Syndromes
  9. 39PJP And Immunocompromised Hosts

Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, and vascular disorders with hypoxemia, dyspnea, and hemodynamic consequences.

  1. 40PE Pathophysiology And Presentation
  2. 41PE Diagnostic Algorithms
  3. 42PE Risk Stratification And Treatment
  4. 43Pulmonary Hypertension Classification
  5. 44PH Diagnostic Workup
  6. 45PH Treatment Principles
  7. 46Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  8. 47Pulmonary Vasculitis Syndromes
  9. 48Hepatopulmonary And Portopulmonary Syndromes

Pleural Disease

Pleural effusions, pleural infection, pneumothorax, and related pleural-space disorders requiring board-level interpretation and management.

  1. 49Pleural Fluid Formation Mechanisms
  2. 50Transudate Exudate Interpretation
  3. 51Malignant And Special Effusions
  4. 52Parapneumonic Effusion Staging
  5. 53Pleural Drainage Decision Making
  6. 54Pleural Procedure Complications
  7. 55Primary And Secondary Pneumothorax
  8. 56Tension Pneumothorax Recognition
  9. 57Persistent Air Leak Management

Thoracic Neoplasms

Pulmonary nodules, lung cancer syndromes, diagnostic strategy, staging logic, and oncologic pulmonary complications.

  1. 58Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Risk
  2. 59Nodule Imaging Follow Up
  3. 60Lung Cancer Screening Candidates
  4. 61Lung Cancer Clinical Syndromes
  5. 62Biopsy And Bronchoscopy Selection
  6. 63Staging And Initial Management
  7. 64Malignant Airway And Vascular Syndromes
  8. 65Treatment Related Pulmonary Toxicity
  9. 66Mesothelioma And Pleural Tumors

Sleep And Breathing Disorders

Sleep-related breathing disorders tested on pulmonary boards, with emphasis on OSA, central apnea, obesity hypoventilation, and pulmonary implications.

  1. 67OSA Risk And Pathophysiology
  2. 68Sleep Testing And Severity
  3. 69OSA Treatment Strategies
  4. 70Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
  5. 71Central Sleep Apnea Patterns
  6. 72PAP Selection In Hypoventilation

Occupational And Systemic Disorders

Occupational exposures, environmental lung disease, and systemic disorders with pulmonary manifestations relevant to adult pulmonary board practice.

  1. 73Pneumoconioses And Fibrogenic Dusts
  2. 74Occupational Asthma And Irritant Injury
  3. 75Toxic Inhalation Syndromes
  4. 76Sarcoidosis Organ And Stage Patterns
  5. 77Neuromuscular And Chest Wall Restriction
  6. 78Pulmonary Manifestations Of Connective Disease

Critical Pulmonary Presentations

Urgent pulmonary-board-relevant syndromes requiring rapid recognition, immediate stabilization, and correct next-step management within pulmonary scope.

  1. 79Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Causes
  2. 80Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Causes
  3. 81Oxygen And NIV Escalation
  4. 82ARDS Recognition In Pulmonary Practice
  5. 83Massive Hemoptysis Initial Management
  6. 84Central Airway Emergency Recognition
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