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Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease (COPD). ... patients with COPD ... are approved for clinical ... outcomes or comparison
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
of the Spinal cord ... - Spinal Cord Syndromes ... Spinal cord ... deficiency - Syrinx ... patients with a long
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Exacerbation of COPD ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Pathogenesis and clinical ... : inheriting 2 copies ... Loss of parental copy ... , sleep apnea, cor ... pulmonale #PraderWilli
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin ... Agglutinin Syndrome ... Viral Infection Clinical ... sensitize red blood cells ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
fracture from a lung ... Notice the large lung ... a patient with COPD ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Physical stigmata of cor ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogen is a cold ... - Albumin - Cold ... may include: • Cold ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... #hematology
A-Lines vs B-Lines on Lung POCUS
A-Lines:
 • Predominately horizontal lines
 • A-lines are repeated horizontal &
vs B-Lines on Lung ... , asthma, COPD and ... Commonly seen in pulmonary ... #POCUS #pulmonary ... #clinical #comparison
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... heart 3-6 cardiac cycles ... on radioactive lung