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GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
stage of COPD #Diagnosis ... 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 ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... COPD #GOLD2017 #Staging
Classic (2009) Spirometric GOLD Classification of COPD Severity Based on Postbronchodilator FEV
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Postbronchodilator FEV ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD #Staging ... Classification #FEV1
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic ... asthma-COPD overlap syndrome ... nitric oxide; FEV1 ... limit of normal #Diagnosis
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... antisynthetase syndrome ... Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... toxicity #myopathy #diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
paresthesias • Imaging ... dysfunction • Imaging ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... 4 weeks after starting ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... known insult • Imaging ... Distress #Acute #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Management
Compartment Syndrome - 5 P's for circulation assessment

pain, pallor (pale skin tone), paresthesia (numbness feeling), pulselessness
Compartment Syndrome ... #Compartment #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Mnemonic ... Examination and History Taking
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 ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Diarrhea, Third spacing ... Stress, Drugs, Syndrome ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis