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COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
COPD Physical Exam ... Likelihood Ratios Barrel ... Chest - LR 1.5 ... SatyaPatelMD #COPD ... LRs #diagnosis #pulmonary
Barrel Chest Appearance on Lateral Chest Xray
Typically seen in the setting of chronic air-trapping in COPD

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Barrel Chest Appearance ... air-trapping in COPD ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Barrel ... #Lateral #Radiology ... #pulmonary
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... between attacks COPD ... Hypoxemia/Cyanosis, Barrel ... Subxiphoid PMI • COPD ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Asthma #COPD
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Tamponade Pulmonary ... - Asthma - COPD ... of Dyspnea: • Chest ... Obesity - Flail chest ... Myasthenia - Guillain Barre
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
of the Spinal cord ... Spinal cord ... result in permanent neurologic ... deficiency - Syrinx ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Increased Anterior Posterior Diameter: Barrel chested appearance resulting from air trapping
that sometimes occurs with advanced COPD.
Increased Anterior ... Posterior Diameter: Barrel ... with advanced COPD ... #Chested #Chest ... UCSDH #Clinical #Radiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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L5/S1 with an inferior ... Diagnosis: • Spinal cord ... spondylitis • Tethered cord ... • Guillain-Barre ... diagnosis #causes #neurology