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

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Overlap and COPD ... corticosteroids; LABA = long-acting ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting ... Diagnosis #Management #ACOPD ... Asthma #Overlap #FirstLine
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
your grand rounds/cases ... smoking. structural lung ... Burkholderia — structural lung ... MAC (structural lung ... #Microbiology #Causes
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
gas equation • Causes ... : Interstitial lung ... ventilation (V) in the lungs ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... bypassing the lungs
Do you start Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) on a first time seizure?

SHINE Mnemonic:
 • first seizure occurred
Remote Symptomatic Cause ... Remote Symptomatic Cause ... Drugs #Seizure #FirstTime
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... • Valvular Lung ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... • Interstitial Lung ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary ... Lymphomas, RCC, Lung ... Pulm disorders: COPD ... #Nephropathy #Causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... • Interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... Pneumothorax: - No lung ... barcode sign - Lung ... pleura in severe cases ... sliding COPD or
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
carcinoid, Mets), COPD ... Malignancy: Primary lung ... Postprocedural, Lung ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #causes
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
carcinoma of the lung ... e.g. pneumonia, COPD ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes