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GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
each stage of COPD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pulmonary #COPD ... Staging #Severity #Classification
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Disease (COPD) ... • COPD Definition ... Classification ... #Disease #COPD ... #diagnosis #management
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... Obstructive Lung Disease ... Council; CAT: COPD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #Assessment
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
Obstructive Lung Disease ... Council; CAT: COPD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017 ... Staging #Grading #Classification
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
brain or spinal cord ... CARDIOGENIC (Cold ... OBSTRUCTIVE (Cold ... Types #diagnosis #management ... #cold #warm #wet
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
tachycardia, dyspnea, cold ... brain or spinal cord ... beriberi CARDIOGENIC (Cold ... ring OBSTRUCTIVE (Cold ... types #diagnosis #management
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Epiglottitis • Vocal cord ... pneumonia • Water: pulmonary ... pneumothorax, COPD ... asthma • Pleural disease
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Diagnosis Algorithm Pulmonary ... Connective Tissue Disease ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... Miscellaneous: • Hematologic
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)
• At least 3 different P wave morphologies: 
• Rate 100-180
• Irregular 
Etiology
to chronic lung disease ... (COPD) • Hypoxia ... • Pulmonary hypertension ... Management ... Diagnosis #ECG #EKG #Management
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin ... of Cold Sensitive ... Cold Agglutinins ... sensitize red blood cells ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology