PANCE Blueprint Pulmonary (10%)

2024-2025 PANCE Pulmonary System Content Blueprint

Pulmonary System (10%)

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CURRENT 2019-2024 NCCPA™ PANCE Pulmonary System Content Blueprint
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

Infectious disorders

Neoplasms

Pleural diseases

Pulmonary circulation

Restrictive pulmonary diseases

Sleep apnea/Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Other pulmonary disorders

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NEW (EFFECTIVE 2025) NCCPA™ PANCE Pulmonary System Content Blueprint
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Pulmonary System (9%)

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Foreign body aspiration

Hyaline membrane disease

Infectious disorders

Neoplasms

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Obstructive pulmonary diseases

Pulmonary circulation

Restrictive pulmonary diseases

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Pulmonary System Blueprint Updates for 2025

Here is a summary of the new additions/updates to the 2024 PANCE Pulmonary System Blueprint that will take effect in 2025. We are actively updating Smarty PANCE to accommodate the upcoming changes.

The overall percentage has been reduced from 10% to 9%

  • The category of "other pulmonary disorders' has been removed, and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), foreign body aspiration, and hyaline membrane disease are now their own categories.
  • New topic of empyema added to infectious disorders.
  • The category of neoplasms has been updated to the more general classification of benign and malignant, carcinoid tumors remains, and pulmonary nodules as a topic have been removed.
  • Sleep apnea/obesity hypoventilation syndrome has been broken into its two component parts, forming two separate topics
  • Emphysema and chronic bronchitis no longer have separate categories and are under the singular topic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cystic fibrosis now resides in the category of obstructive pulmonary diseases.
  • Pleural effusion and pneumothorax have been removed as subtopics of pleural diseases.
  • New topic of pulmonary edema has been added to the category of pulmonary circulation.
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