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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
of Acute Exacerbation ... of COPD (AECOPD ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Lung Diseases (ILD ... pneumonia (NSIP), Cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
: Trauma, COPD exacerbation ... Asthma attack, ILD ... Chronic: Asthma, COPD ... , CTEPH, ILD, Sarcoid ... : Tumor, Vocal cord
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Diagnosis #Schema #Acute ... #Differential #Algorithm
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stable Angina • Acute ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... calcium to form CPP ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Chronic CPP Crystal ... predominance • CPP
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
calcium to form CPP ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Chronic CPP Crystal ... predominance • CPP ... presentation of CPP
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... Pressure like CP ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
LABA/ICS Combination Inhalers
Long-Acting Beta2 Agonists (LABA) + Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) - Commonly used in Asthma 
Advair
of a patients COPD ... (see one of my old ... posts for the COPD ... treatment algorithm