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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 ... symptoms, and spirometry ... summary of the differential ... Diagnosis #Management #ACOPD ... #Differences #Algorithm
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... the Diagnosis of Wheezing ... Bronchoconstriction: Asthma, COPD ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... bronchi: - Asthma/COPD ... Viral infections, Bronchiectasis ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Wheezing ... #Differential #
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Disease: Asthma, COPD ... , Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Bronchiectasis ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... and/or chills • Wheezing ... obstruction • COPD ... rhonchi, scattered wheezing ... #pulmonary #differential
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Chronic Cough - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... • Asthma • COPD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm