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First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
diagnosis of COPD ... , asthma, and ACO ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #ACOPD #Asthma
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Beta-Agonist: • Asthma ... #Causes #Peds #
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
Transient early wheezing ... infection - Atopic asthma ... Other causes #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... that wheezes is asthma ... Primary bronchi: - Asthma ... #pulmonary #wheeze
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... Bronchoconstriction: Asthma ... , COPD, Anaphylaxis ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #pulmonary
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Airway Disease (Asthma ... , COPD) • Vascular ... Hypothyroidism Peripheral
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Laryngospasm Wheeze: • Asthma ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Acute Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Airway (Wheeze) • Asthma ... * • AECOPD Upper
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... Diagnosis • Hyperacute ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison