Identify the most common cause of lung cancer (CA).
List the different types of small-cell and non-small-cell carcinoma.
List criteria for staging lung CA.
Identify lung CA treatment options based on staging.
List signs and symptoms of metastatic lung CA.
Identify the most common type of lung CA in non-smokers.
Identify the lung CA type associated with the poorest prognosis.
List physical changes in the lung seen with the different stages of ARDS.
List possible causes of ARDS.
List treatment options for ARDS.
List treatment goals of low-tidal-volume ventilation.
List clinical manifestations of ARDS.
Identify the chest x-ray finding most closely associated with ARDS.
List goals of permissive hypercapnia.
Identify the lowest acceptable pH when using permissive hypercapnia.
Select an appropriate mandatory VT for a patient with ARDS, given the IBW.
List breath sounds associated with ARDS.
Identify physical features of myasthenia gravis.
Identify the clinical change to be seen in a myasthenia gravis patient following a rest period.
Describe the effect of edrophonium on myasthenia gravis.
Identify treatment options in myasthenia gravis.
Describe the rationale behind thymectomy in myasthenia gravis.
Identify monitoring requirements in myasthenia gravis.
Describe the typical chest x-ray appearance in myasthenia gravis.
Identify the possible result of the immobilization seen in Guillain-Barré.
List treatment options in Guillain-Barré.
Differentiate the pathophysiologic changes seen in myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré.
List signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Describe the physiologic mechanism of CPAP in OSA.
List risk factors for OSA.
Differentiate the onset of paralysis between myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré.
Identify a clinical test that may be used to help diagnose myasthenia gravis.
Differentiae the pathophysiologic features of OSA and central sleep apnea (CSA).
Differentiate OSA, CSA and mixed sleep apnea (MSA) using a sleep study tracing.
Identify the primary diagnostic tool used for sleep apnea.
List management options in sleep apnea.
List clinical features of OSA.
differentiate benign and malignant tumors.
List clinical features of lung CA.
List the method used to identify cancer cell type.
List features of the different cancer stages.
