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GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging ... Classification #FEV1
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
FEV1: forced expiratory ... COPD #GOLD2017 #Staging
Classic (2009) Spirometric GOLD Classification of COPD Severity Based on Postbronchodilator FEV
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Postbronchodilator FEV ... Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging ... Classification #FEV1
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Statin Induced Muscle ... a statin, IMNM ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... antisynthetase syndrome ... Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Tinea Versicolor - Physical examination revealed large, coalescing, hypopigmented patches and macules on her torso and
A) with scant scaling ... Melan-A staining ... periodic acid–Schiff staining ... Microscopy #Spaghetti #NEJM
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
asthma-COPD overlap syndrome ... nitric oxide; FEV1
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed hyperintensity of the cortical gyri of the frontal
Magnetic resonance imaging ... diffusion-weighted imaging ... CreutzfeldJakob #NEJM
Nystagmus from Wernicke’s Encephalopathy - Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed T2 hyperintensities involving the
Magnetic resonance imaging ... MRI #Thalamus #NEJM
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
paresthesias • Imaging ... dysfunction • Imaging ... , back pain • Imaging ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... 4 weeks after starting
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Irritable bowel syndrome ... - Small bowel imaging ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Irritable bowel syndrome