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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 #GOLD #Staging
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Disease (COPD) ... • COPD Definition ... Role of PFTs • COPD ... co-morbidities • COPD ... #Disease #COPD
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... as proposed by GOLD ... Council; CAT: COPD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #Assessment
Key features on examination in COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

#Diagnosis #PhysicalExam #COPD #Manifestations #Features #Diagram
examination in COPD ... Chronic obstructive pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #COPD #Manifestations
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
vital capacity; GOLD ... Council; CAT: COPD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017
Campbell’s sign or Tracheal Descent in Longstanding COPD

Patients with longstanding COPD may show downward displacement of
in Longstanding COPD ... with longstanding COPD ... Tracheal #Descent #COPD ... trachea #neck #physicalexam ... #pulmonary #respiratory
Hoover’s Sign on Physical Exam

Paradoxical retraction of the lower intercostal spaces on inspiration in this patient
patient in severe COPD ... Hoovers #Sign #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #pulmonary ... #COPD #respiratory
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... • Normal • Pulmonary ... Non-Emphysematous COPD ... Emphysematous COPD ... #Pulmonary #
Tracheal Descent Sign

Paradoxical inward movement of the trachea during inspiration. Seen in this COPD patient in
Seen in this COPD ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #respiratory #pulmonary ... breathing #Trachea #COPD
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
tachycardia, dyspnea, cold ... CARDIOGENIC (Cold ... OBSTRUCTIVE (Cold ... HYPOVOLEMIC (Cold ... diagnosis #management #cold