Week 5 - 7/30/26: Academic Quarter 1, Unit — Pulmonary Critical Care I

Lectures:
(1) COPD (7a - 8a) - Dr. Despujos
(2) TB (8a - 9a) - Dr. Despujos
(3) Resident Lecture Series: Pneumothorax (9a - 9:30a) - Dr. Palacios
(4) Asthma (9:30a - 10:30a) - Dr. Chen
(5) Resident Lecture Series: Acute resp failure and NIMV (10:30 - 11a) - Dr. Phan
(6) Simulation Lab (11a - 12p) PGY1’s ONLY - Dr. Chen

Corresponding Tintinalli Chapters: 2, 3, 22, 33, 72

Corresponding Weekly Science Literature Review Article: Ortiz M, Martín A, Arribas F, Coll-Vinent B, Del Arco C, Peinado R, Almendral J; PROCAMIO Study Investigators. Randomized comparison of intravenous procainamide vs. intravenous amiodarone for the acute treatment of tolerated wide QRS tachycardia: the PROCAMIO study. Eur Heart J. 2017 May 1;38(17):1329-1335. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw230. PMID: 27354046; PMCID: PMC5410924.

Reminders: Lecture attendance is mandatory each week and is only excused by Dr. Minahan directly. Attendance is tracked independent of resident sign-in and is frequently audited. Assigned chapter reading and journal articles are linked on the website formally.