5 results
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Variably abnormal spirometry ... bronchodilator, Spirometry ... Hyperresonance, Hypoxemia ... chest, Pursed lip breathing ... Persistently abnormal spirometry
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... Subglottic): • Functional ... Bronchoconstriction: Asthma, COPD ... Stridor #Noisy #Breathing ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia ... Response Management Algorithm ... pneumothorax, COPD ... 12 / shallow breathing ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease and/or Hypoxemia ... : • COPD • Interstitial ... Sleep-Disordered Breathing ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... and/or chills • Wheezing ... obstruction • COPD ... rhonchi, scattered wheezing ... ) • Pulmonary function