Pulmonary Nodules and Pleural Disease
Activity
Round Table Discussion
Round Table Discussion
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Describe the presentations, etiologies and management of pulmonary embolus.
- Discuss the predisposing factors which may lead to Pulmonary Embolus.
- Discuss the main points in the evaluation for pulmonary embolus.
- Discuss management options for pulmonary embolus: Who needs anticoagulation with heparin? Who needs lytic therapy? Who needs vena caval filter protection? Discuss the indication for open thoracotomy and pulmonary embolectomy to treat massive embolism.
- Create an algorithm for the evaluation of a patient with a lung nodule on chest x-ray.
- Discuss the common risk factors and clinical symptoms of lung cancer.
- List the most common sources of malignant metastases to the lungs.
- Compare and contrast the management and prognosis of metastatic vs. primary lung malignancies.
- Describe the most common diagnostic procedures used to evaluate pulmonary and mediastinal lesions.
- List the common tumors of the anterior, posterior and superior mediastinum.
Tags
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Pulmonary Medicine
Surgery
MeSH
Lung Diseases [C08.381]
Lung [A04.411]
Pleural Diseases [C08.528]
Pulmonary Surgical Procedures [E04.928.600]
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule [C08.381.884]
