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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
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... pneumothorax, COPD ... 12 / shallow breathing ... #Algorithm #rapid
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Overlap and COPD ... symptoms, and spirometry ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #ACOPD #Asthma ... #Differences #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
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
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm STEMI ... up, Pericardial friction ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD ... #Algorithm #differential
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
delivery, airway and breathing ... consider passing suction ... catheter). ❹ Breathing ... - exclude hypoxia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... obstruction • COPD ... polycythemia from chronic hypoxia ... ) • Pulmonary function ... the airway • Treating
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
• Check breathing ... consider passing suction ... absolutely excluded. ❹ Breathing ... 4 H’s, 4 T’s: Hypoxia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
consider passing suction ... • Once machine/breathing ... type changed. ❸ Breathing ... tracheal/bronchial suction ... Diagnosis #Workup #Management