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American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) · ABIM Pulmonary Disease Blueprint, Certification Examination (CERT), dated April 2026 and currently linked from ABIM's certification blueprint directory; verified on 2026-10-09. The document does not state a separate effective date. The workbook label 'ABIM - Subspecialty in Pulmonary Disease' maps to ABIM's officially named Pulmonary Disease Certification Examination; the assigned slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- ABIM: Pulmonary Disease Certification Policies
- ABIM: Blueprints
- Pulmonary Disease Blueprint: Certification Examination (CERT), April 2026
- ABIM: Expanded Blueprints
- GINA 2026 Summary Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention
- Home Oxygen Therapy for Adults with Chronic Lung Disease: Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline
- ATS Patient Information Series: Oxygen Therapy
- ATS/ESICM/SCCM Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with ARDS
- ATS 2024 Clinical Year in Review
- Official ERS/ATS Clinical Practice Guidelines: Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign Adult Guidelines, 2026
- Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Guideline, 2018
- Diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in Adults: Official ATS/JRS/ALAT Guideline, 2020
- AASM Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnostic Testing for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- ATS Sleep Week: Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
- CDC Principles of Epidemiology: Lesson 5, Appendix A
- ATS/CDC/IDSA Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children
- ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA Guideline: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease
- NCI: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ), Health Professional Version
- NCI: Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ), Health Professional Version
- British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline and Pleural Procedures Statement, 2023
- AHRQ PSNet: Root Cause Analysis
- AHRQ PSNet: Systems Approach
- ISHLT: Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Consensus Report, 2019
- ATS Patient Information Series: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, Part 1
- NHLBI: Pulmonary Function Tests
- CDC/NIOSH: Silica Symptoms and Medical Monitoring
- 2019_consensus_ishlt_clad.pdf
- Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline - PMC
- executive_summary.pdf
- American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: diagnosis of venous thromboembolism - PMC
- Home Oxygen Therapy for Adults with Chronic Lung Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline - PMC
- eilo.pdf
- Diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in Adults. An Official ATS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline - PMC
- diagnostic-testing-osa.pdf
- Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Positive Airway Pressure: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline - PMC
Pulmonary Disease Certification Examination
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An adult has episodic wheeze and nocturnal cough that vary with allergen exposure. Spirometry is normal during an asymptomatic visit, and no objective variability has previously been documented. Which next step best addresses the remaining diagnostic uncertainty?
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