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Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Restrictive Lung ... • Interstitial lung ... • Asthma/asthmatic ... Algorithm #diagnosis #asthma ... #COPD
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Tuberculosis - Lung ... Abscess - Asthma ... Cancer of the Lung ... #Differential #Causes ... #Table
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
of Inhalers for Asthma ... and COPD - SABA ... Agonists - LAMA - Long ... inhalers #pulmonary #lung ... #asthma #copd #
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
therapies for Asthma ... , Asthma-COPD Overlap ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... corticosteroids; LABA = long-acting ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
• Interstitial Lung ... Disease • Asthma ... Non-Emphysematous COPD ... Emphysematous COPD
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Airway Disease (Asthma ... , COPD) • Vascular ... • Interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Obstruction • Asthma ... • COPD • Bronchiectasis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
: Interstitial lung ... ventilation (V) in the lungs ... : Pneumonia, asthma ... , COPD, pulmonary ... bypassing the lungs
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
your grand rounds/cases ... smoking. structural lung ... Burkholderia — structural lung ... MAC (structural lung ... #Microbiology #Causes
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
Multiple masses ... list of multiple masses ... is very long. ... listed in the table ... Management #Radiology #Lung