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Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Algorithm for Chronic ... kilograms divided by height ... corticosteroid; LABA ... #COPD #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Management
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... algorithms by Global ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... LAMA: long-acting ... Management #Pulmonary #COPD
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... workup for alternate ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #Exacerbation #treatment
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
corticosteroids; LABA ... = long-acting β2 ... -agonist; LAMA = ... #Differences #Algorithm ... #Treatment
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Diagnostics: STAT Labs ... Reservoir • High ... diagnosis #Management #treatment
LABA/ICS Combination Inhalers
Long-Acting Beta2 Agonists (LABA) + Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) - Commonly used in Asthma 
Advair
Inhalers Long-Acting ... powder into their lungs ... of a patients COPD ... posts for the COPD ... treatment algorithm
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
fever, malaise, weight ... other processes Workup ... - No specific lab ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
EMG testing Lab ... antibody that works ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #neurology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... rx first and dx second ... , this list is long ... levels: normal/high ... #workup #hematology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Diagnosis: • Labs ... DX relies on a high ... by culture or serology ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs