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GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
GOLD 2009 guidelines ... stage of COPD #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... and Evaluation (GOLD ... steroids) - GOLD ... #Obstructive #Pulmonary ... Disease #COPD #diagnosis
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
as proposed by GOLD ... GOLD: Global Initiative ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Classic (2009) Spirometric GOLD Classification of COPD Severity Based on Postbronchodilator FEV
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging
2009) Spirometric GOLD ... Postbronchodilator FEV #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #COPD ... #GOLD #Staging
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
vital capacity; GOLD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
multiplex WORKUP & DIAGNOSIS ... multiplex/neuropathy Diagnosis ... of PRS: Biopsy (gold ... laden macrophages (diagnostic ... #differential #diagnosis
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
for alternate diagnoses ... airflow limitation (GOLD ... deficiency for newly diagnosed ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... QuantiFERON-TB Gold ... Mycobacterial culture • Gold ... used to exclude pulmonary
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
 •
Catheterization - Pulmonary ... and Calculations PULMONARY ... studies have shown good ... Direct Fick is the GOLD ... artery #catheter #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and quantiferon-gold ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis