Advanced Lung Disease I

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Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. Exposure to patients with advanced and unusual lung diseases; interpretation of chest x-rays and the different types of CT scans of the chest; better understanding of pulmonary physiology; interpretation of pulmonary function testing; attend clinics, see, and treat patients with COPD, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, and those who have undergone or are being referred for lung transplantation; participation in bronchoscopies; during this part of the rotation, see patients both in the clinics and in the hospital; second half of the rotation spent in the Martha Foster Lung Center; rotation will focus on treatment of patients with asthma and COPD and on pulmonary rehabilitation. Prerequisite: Doctor of Medicine classification.