Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards

Dr. Gallo de Moraes earned her MD in Brazil and subsequently completed a residency at the University of Miami and two fellowships at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Gallo de Moraes has high level training in internal medicine, critical care medicine, and pulmonary medicine. Upon completing her second fellowship training, she will be joining faculty at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Gallo de Moraes holds the academic ranking of Associate Professor of Medicine. She has previous experience in editing the annual medical journal published by her medical school in Brazil. Dr. Diana Kelm is a Consultant in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Kelm holds the academic rank of Assistant Professor of Medicine in Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She obtained her MD degree from Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and completed Internal Medicine and a Chief Resident year at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Kelm has multiple peer-reviewed publicationsand is also a reviewer for the Journal of Medical Education.Dr. Kannan Ramar is a former program director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Ramar holds the academic rank of Professor of Medicine. He obtained his medical degree from the Madras Medical College in India and completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of North Dakota and two subspecialty fellowships: Critical Care at the University of Wisconsin and Pulmonary at University of California - Irvine. Dr. Ramar has experience in reviewing books (Book review on Textbook of Pleural Diseases Respiratory care. 2008) and has authored multiple book chapters.

• Section IObstructive Lung Disease Case 1 A 45-Year-Old Man with Chronic Cough and Dyspnea on ExertionCase 2 A 59-Year-Old Woman with Episodic DyspneaCase 3 A 77-Year-Old Man with Chronic Cough and Recurrent PneumoniaCase 4 A 63-Year-Old Woman with Recurrent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseCase 5 A 28-Year-Old Woman with Worsening Cough and HemoptysisCase 6 An 84-Year-Old Man with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and CirrhosisSection IICritical Care MedicineCase 7 A 67-Year-Old Woman with HyperglycemiaCase 8 A 52-Year-Old Man with Suicidal Ideation and Bipolar DisorderCase 9 A 66-Year-Old Man with Fatigue, Dyspnea, and HypoxemiaCase 10 A 51-Year-Old Man with Fever, Dyspnea, and Productive CoughCase 11 A 49-Year-Old Man with Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Tract BleedingCase 12 A 74-Year-Old Man with Shortness of Breath, Cough, Rigors, and MalaiseCase 13 A 63-Year-Old Woman with Back Pain, Weakness, Tachycardia, and HypertensionSection IIIDiffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease Case 14 A 45-Year-Old Man with Worsening Dyspnea and HypoxemiaCase 15 A 55-Year-Old Woman with Dyspnea, Cough, and Acute Kidney FailureCase 16 A 51-Year-Old Man with Fatigue, Dyspnea, and Lung NodulesCase 17 A 48-Year-Old Woman with Shortness of Breath and CoughCase 18 A 59-Year-Old Woman with Progressive Dyspnea Undergoing Evaluation for Lung TransplantCase 19 A 52-Year-Old Woman with Arthralgias, Hair Loss, and Skin UlcersCase 20 A 61-Year-Old Man with Dyspnea on Minimal ExertionCase 21 A 67-Year-Old Woman with Progressive Dyspnea and Atypical InfiltratesSection IVSleep Medicine, Neuromuscular and Skeletal Case 22 A 60-Year-Old Man with Persistent ComaCase 23 An 83-Year-Old Woman with Obstructive Sleep Apnea at High AltitudeCase 24 An 82-Year-Old Woman with Acute Hypoxic Respiratory FailureSection VInfections Case 25 A 48-Year-Old Man with Recurrent PneumoniaCase 26 A 36-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Fevers, Dry Cough, and Weight LossCase 27 A 37-Year-Old Man with Sudden Loss of VisionCase 28 A 71-Year-Old Woman with Diarrhea and Recurrent FeverCase 29 A 51-Year-Old Woman with Fever and CoughSection VINeoplasia Case 30 A 54-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Hoarseness and CoughCase 31 A 56-Year-Old Man with Persistent PneumoniaCase 32 A 74-Year-Old Man with a Pulmonary Nodule and Neck PainCase 33 A 68-Year-Old Man with Dyspnea and Multiple Pulmonary NodulesCase 34 A 49-Year-Old Man with Dizziness, Fatigue, Muscle Weakness, and Shortness of BreathCase 35 A 71-Year-Old Woman with a Nodule in the Right LungCase 36 A 65-Year-Old Man with Shoulder Pain, Cough, and DyspneaSection VIIPleural Diseases Case 37 A 49-Year-Old Man with Cough, Dyspnea, and Right-Sided Chest PainCase 38 A 45-Year-Old Woman with Respiratory Failure and Septic ShockCase 39 An 81-Year-Old Man with Chronic Dyspnea and Recurrent Pleural EffusionCase 40 A 46-Year-Old Woman with Progressive Shortness of BreathCase 41 A 25-Year-Old Man with Sudden Onset of Severe DyspneaCase 42 A 71-Year-Old Woman with Cough, Night Sweats, and FeversCase 43 A 57-Year-Old Woman with Progressively Decreasing Oxygen Saturation After Liver TransplantSection VIIIInterventional Pulmonology Case 44 A 79-Year-Old Woman with Shortness of Breath, Fatigue, Near Syncope, and Chest TightnessCase 45 A 49-Year-Old Woman with Coital HemoptysisSection IXTransplantation Case 46 A 60-Year-Old Man with Fever, Cough, and Fatigue 2 Months After Bilateral Lung TransplantCase 47 A 59-Year-Old Man with Progressive Shortness of Breath and Fatigue 18 Months After Bilateral Lung TransplantCase 48 A 64-Year-Old Man with Back Spasms and Dyspnea 3 Weeks After Lung TransplantSection XVascular Diseases Case 49 A 57-Year-Old Man with a History of Recurrent Epistaxis and Arteriovenous MalformationsCase 50 A 68-Year-Old Woman with Dyspnea and Pleuritic Chest PainCase 51 A 71-Year-Old Man with Dyspnea and HypoxemiaSection XIOccupational and Environmental Diseases Case 52 A 91-Year-Old Man with a Pulmonary Nodule, Abdominal Pain, and AnorexiaCase 53 A 23-Year-Old Man with Dyspnea and Pleural EffusionsCase 54 A 68-Year-Old Man with Chronic Cough

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