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Pulmonology Final Oral (31 decks)

1. Medical History, Respiratory Symptoms and Signs

2. Differential diagnosis of dyspnoea, cough, chest pain and hemoptysis

3. Lung function tests, types, indications, devices, and minimal requirement of acceptability

4. Static and dynamic lung volumes, flow-volume loops, evaluation of lung function tests, pharmacodynamic test

5. Diffusion capacity, blood gas evaluation (normal values, deviations). Evaluation of the pulmonary circulation

6. Chest imaging: CXR (chest x-Ray), CT, MRI, PET-CT

7. Chest X-ray abnormalities, scintigraphy, ultrasound

8. Bronchoscopy: types, sampling procedures, indications, contraindications, adverse events

9. Role of clinical laboratory test in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases (including investigations for allergy and autoimmunity)

10. Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism

11. Epidemiology, sign, symptoms, pathomechanism, phenotypes and diagnosis of asthma

12. Epidemiology, sign, symptoms, etiology, phenotypes and diagnosis of COPD

13. Epidemiology, sign, symptoms, etiology, types and diagnosis of lung cancer

14. Epidemiology, sign, symptoms, pathomechanism, cause and diagnosis of tuberculosis

15. Role of smoking (traditional and new type cigarettes) in the development of respiratory diseases, support for smoking cessation

16. Treatment of asthma, definition, and treatment of severe asthma

17. Treatment of COPD and alpha-1antitrypsin deficiency

18. Respiratory aspects of COVID-19, its diagnosis and treatment

19. Evaluation of operability of lung cancer, Surgical and radiation therapy

20. Drug treatment of lung cancer

21. Prevention, monitoring, long-term care and palliative treatment of lung cancer

22. Treatment of tuberculosis and non-tuberculotic mycobacterial infections

23. Pneumothorax and pleural fluid: causes, types, diagnosis, and treatment

24. Treatment of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia

25. Diagnosis of lung abscess and empyema

26. Interstitial lung diseases (IPF and PPF associated with systemic diseases)

27. Sarcoidosis

28. Acute and chronic respiratory failure, diseases, conditions requiring ICU treatment

29. Principles of oxygen therapy

30. Respiratory aspects of sleep apnea (diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea)

31. Diagnosis and treatment of bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis

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