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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 ... Staging #Severity #Classification ... #FEV1 #FEV1FVC
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... Obstructive Lung Disease ... corticosteroid; FEV1 ... #Management #Pulmonary ... LAMA #LABA #ICS #Guidelines
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Disease (COPD) ... PFTs • COPD Classification ... post-bronchodilator FEV1 ... #diagnosis #management ... #GOLD2022 #treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
and Management ... over course of disease ... colonic bacteria • Guidelines ... Encephalopathy #Grading #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... meningitis • Guidelines ... #Management
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... Serology, PCR Treatment ... respiratory failure (guidelines ... @PulmPEEPs #Pulmonary ... #management #treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
: Clinical diagnosis ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... steroids for severe disease ... #management #pulmonary