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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 #GOLD #Staging ... #Severity #Classification
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... and classification ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... History #Comparison #Staging ... FEV1FVC #mMRC #Classification
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
Council; CAT: COPD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017 ... #Staging #Grading ... #Classification
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
meninges in spinal cord ... nerve roots Spinal Cord ... 4 weeks after starting ... TB • Many possible ... #differential #TB
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock Classification ... Medications, Spinal Cord ... , CVP > 12 • Pulmonary ... Losses, Third Spacing ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Shock #Classification
Classic (2009) Spirometric GOLD Classification of COPD Severity Based on Postbronchodilator FEV
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Spirometric GOLD Classification ... of COPD Severity ... FEV #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD #Staging ... #Severity #Classification
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
macrophages and T cells ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Langerhans giant cells ... : • Acid-fast staining
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
macrophages and T cells ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Langerhans giant cells ... : • Acid-fast staining
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 ... Fungal, AFB), TB
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
HIV-infected patients starting ... increase in CD4+ cells ... , pulmonary infiltrates ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... Guidelines recommend starting