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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Exacerbation of COPD ... ventilated • CXR ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD ... #pulmonary
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Spinal cord ... result in permanent neurologic ... deficiency - Syrinx ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
bronchoscopic and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease (COPD). ... patients with COPD ... are approved for clinical
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness - Differential ... : CHF, valves, COPD ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... Generalized #Weakness #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
or induced by treatment ... decompress the spinal cord ... Bennett & Bloom ... Horners #Syndrome #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... PaCO2 decreases second ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... Failure #hypoxia #Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... heart failure, COPD ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
of the spinal cord ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... Physical stigmata of cor ... • Pulmonary artery ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
is necessary to differentiate ... and the enlarged pulmonary ... a patient with COPD ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture