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Spirometry - PFT Interpretation Algorithm

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#Spirometry #PFTs #Interpretation #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #pulmonary #function
Interpretation Algorithm ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #function ... #testing
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Langerhans cell ... Impaired cardiac function ... leaking out of pulmonary
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... decision for repeat testing ... Abnormal USS may well ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... onset, severe, tearing ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... up, Pericardial friction ... #differential
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... estrogen: • Functional ... (e.g. eating disorder ... lymphoma, Langerhans cell
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Functional status ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... - Microglial cells ... disrupt cellular function ... - Further testing ... conditions listed in differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... hemodynamics and cardiac function ... with presence of pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Key Point: High clinical ... vessels, harms heart cells ... and damage heart function ... , selenium) Differential ... including giant-cell
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
haemophilum • Tropical setting ... Advanced HIV (CD4 cell ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... NTM #Infections #differential