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Spirometry - PFT Interpretation Algorithm

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Spirometry #PFTs #Interpretation #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #pulmonary #function
Spirometry - PFT ... Interpretation ... Algorithm - BWH ... #differential #pulmonary ... #function #testing
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Pulmonary Function ... Testing (PFT) Interpretation ... Algorithm Restrictive ... #Function #Testing ... #asthma #COPD
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... Algorithm • Normal ... Lung Disease • Asthma ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Pulmonary Function Testing: Flow Volume Loop Patterns
 • Variable extra-thoracic obstruction - truncated or flattened inspiratory
Pulmonary Function ... and expiratory ... “scooped out” expiratory ... nickmmark #FlowVolume ... #Loops #pulmonary
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... and Diagnosis Asthma ... Variably abnormal spirometry ... bronchodilator, Spirometry ... comparison #Diagnosis #pulmonary
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
therapies for Asthma ... of exposure to respiratory ... and pattern of respiratory ... symptoms, and spirometry ... #Differences #Algorithm
Asthma
Chronic lung disease characterized by airway inflammation, airway and variable expiratory air flow obstruction
There are 2
Asthma Chronic ... airway and variable expiratory ... Reversibility on spirometry ... @PulmPEEPs #Asthma ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Capnography Waveforms
Sudden loss of waveform
 • ET tube disconnected, dislodged, kinked or obstructec
 • Loss of
of circulatory function ... appearance) • Asthma ... Capnography #Waveforms #Interpretation ... #EndTidalCO2 #pulmonary
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 ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... #pulmonary
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Respiratory Acidosis ... obstruction • COPD, asthma ... CO2 production Respiratory ... acidbase #workup #algorithm ... #bloodgas #interpretation