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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive ... Pulmonary Disease ... Classification and Evaluation ... #Disease #COPD ... management #GOLD2022 #treatment
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... Initiative for Chronic ... Obstructive Lung Disease ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... obstruction • COPD ... , in advanced disease ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary ... and Management Summary ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary ... ) on room air Treatment
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... Chronic diseases ... respond to the treatment ... called cryptogenic (COP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... restrictive lung disease ... (COPD, OSA, Asthma ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Summary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management Summary ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Weight Loss - Differential ... lymphoma) - Treatment ... Malabsorption (Celiac disease ... cardiac cachexia"), COPD ... ("pulmonary cachexia
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
Hepatopulmonary ... disorder of chronic ... triad of: 1) chronic ... the left heart TREATMENT ... only definitive treatment
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Valley Fever - Summary ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... meninges and spinal cord ... disease: no treatment ... - Symptomatic chronic