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Flow Volume Loops - Common Patterns
A. Normal
B. Emphysema
C. Unilateral Main Stem Bronchial Obstruction
D. Fixed Upper Airway
Fixed Upper Airway ... Loops #Patterns #pulmonary
Pulmonary Function Testing: Flow Volume Loop Patterns
 • Variable extra-thoracic obstruction - truncated or flattened inspiratory
Pulmonary Function ... expiratory flow • Fixed ... FlowVolume #Loops #pulmonary
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... 6 months after pulmonary ... function (JVD, fixed
Auscultation of Split S2 - Differential Diagnosis
 • Normal or physiologic
 • Wide, fixed splitting -Atrial
physiologic • Wide, fixed ... inspiration - Pulmonary
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Filling due to Fixed ... - pericardial (pulmonary ... extra-pericardial pulmonary
Lung Point in Pneumothorax - Lung POCUS
When looking for lung sliding you should make the image
Here it is fixed ... #Pneumothorax #Pulmonary
Absent Lung Sliding in Pneumothorax - Lung POCUS
When looking for lung sliding you should make the
Here it is fixed ... #Pneumothorax #Pulmonary
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
data regarding pulmonary ... OBSTRUCTION - Fixed ... output state - Pulmonary ... patterns #diagnosis #pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Rhinocerebral 2) Pulmonary ... subacute to acute pulmonary ... infection: • Pulmonary ... tissue manifests as fixed
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Pulmonary Function ... lung disease Mixed ... MatthewHoMD #Pulmonary