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Spirometry - PFT Interpretation Algorithm

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

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Pulmonary Function ... Testing (PFT) Interpretation ... #Pulmonary #Function ... #Testing #PFT # ... PFTs #Interpretation
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... • Interstitial Lung ... Disease • Asthma ... FunctionTests #PFTs #Interpretation
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
therapies for Asthma ... symptoms, and spirometry ... summary of the differential ... corticosteroids; LABA = long-acting ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... - Vomiting, NG suction ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma ... Base #Gas #VBG #differential
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
onset, severe, tearing ... up, Pericardial friction ... Dyspnea, H/O COPD, asthma ... Management #Algorithm #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... ) • Pulmonary function ... the airway • Treating ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... , physical and testing ... Long-standing vs ... cholecystitis • Functional ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
prevents speech & eating ... Attempt to pass suction ... Attempt to pass suction ... Insert finger into stoma ... Emergencies #diagnosis #differential