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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... - Evaluate symptoms ... Grade) - Symptom ... #Obstructive #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Syndrome -> Anterior ... Syndrome ->Cord ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Asthma, Asthma-COPD ... Overlap and COPD ... of respiratory symptoms ... summary of the differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... lung disease • Pulmonary ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Prader-Willi Syndrome ... Loss of parental copy ... Signs/Symptoms ... sleep apnea, cor pulmonale ... #genetics #pathophysiology
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... - Asthma - COPD ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... pneumonia • Water: pulmonary ... pneumothorax, COPD ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... bronchi: - Asthma/COPD ... plug, Carcinoid syndrome ... AnnKumfer #Wheezing #Differential ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... disease (COPD) ... of obstruction, symptom ... control persistent symptoms ... #Algorithm #Management