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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Exacerbation of COPD ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #pulmonary
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Overlap and COPD ... differential diagnosis ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... Diagnosis #Management #ACOPD ... #Treatment
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Process - Anatomic ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... , Bronchiectasis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... • Bronchiectasis ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Disease: Asthma, COPD ... , Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... Malignancy: Lung ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
algorithms by Global ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... patients with a ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
usually based on a ... the peripheral lung ... chronic bronchitis, COPD ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
- Bilateral A-lines ... sliding COPD or ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential # ... #POCUS #ultrasound
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
necessary to differentiate ... from a lung mass ... patient with COPD ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Old #RibFracture
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... in the adjacent lung ... Immunoglobulins (Ig M, A, ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #pulmonary #differential