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First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Asthma, Asthma-COPD ... Overlap and COPD ... of COPD, asthma ... summary of the differential ... #Differences #Algorithm
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Constant Pain ... - Increased Pain ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Disease: Asthma, COPD ... CHF, Autoimmune Vasculitis ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Asthma - COPD ... Pulmonary HTN - Vasculitis ... Deconditioning - Pain
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis by Mechanism ... carcinoma of the lung ... e.g. pneumonia, COPD ... SSRIs) Severe pain
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... carcinoid, Mets), COPD ... TB, Necrotizing PNA ... Autoimmune: ANCA-Assoc vasculitis
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... : Dyspnea, Leg pain ... Hx: Pleuritic pain ... Acute pleuritic pain ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
Pseudoaneurysm Chest pain ... COPD lungs and bad ... windows due to COPD ... chest showed the diagnosis ... anticoags - VCU
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
weight • Chest pain ... obstruction • COPD ... in the adjacent lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis