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GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
GOLD 2009 guidelines ... each stage of COPD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pulmonary #COPD ... #Severity #Classification
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... Algorithm • Normal ... Emphysematous COPD ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
and classification ... as proposed by GOLD ... GOLD: Global Initiative ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Staging #Severity
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Pulmonary Function ... Testing (PFT) Interpretation ... Algorithm Restrictive ... #Function #Testing ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Classic (2009) Spirometric GOLD Classification of COPD Severity Based on Postbronchodilator FEV
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Classification ... of COPD Severity ... Postbronchodilator FEV #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #COPD ... #Severity #Classification
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... for alternate diagnoses ... airflow limitation (GOLD ... severity of AECOPD ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... the Diagnosis of ... Subglottic): • Functional ... Bronchoconstriction: Asthma, COPD ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Approach to PFTs:
1) Look at Flow-Volume Loop if available
2) FEV1/FVC <
Pulmonary Function ... Algorithm Approach ... Reversibility, grade Severity ... , #Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac function ... with presence of pulmonary ... non-congested profile (“Cold ... and congested (“Cold ... #algorithm #management