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Flow Volume Loops - Common Patterns
A. Normal
B. Emphysema
C. Unilateral Main Stem Bronchial Obstruction
D. Fixed Upper Airway
Loops - Common Patterns ... Normal B. ... Restrictive Parenchymal Lung ... Diagnosis #PFTs #Spirometry ... #FlowVolume #Loops
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
of the type and pattern ... symptoms, and spirometry ... summary of the differential ... corticosteroids; LABA = long-acting ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting
Asthma
Chronic lung disease characterized by airway inflammation, airway and variable expiratory air flow obstruction
There are 2
Asthma Chronic ... lung disease characterized ... variable expiratory air ... lower limit of normal ... Reversibility on spirometry
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Crackles / ↓ Air ... pathology: • Blood: diffuse ... pneumothorax, COPD/asthma ... atelectasis • Lung ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
cases - Dynamic air ... bilateral B-lines - Normal ... unilateral B-lines - Normal ... or Asthma: - ... #pulmonary #differential
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... Breathing In lung ... resistance to air ... Causes include asthma ... Abnormalities #Abnormal
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hemorrhage (DAH), asthma ... pulmonary nodules, asthma ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... sparing of the lung ... • IF staining patterns
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
smooth cysts with normal ... lung parenchyma ... - LIP/FB, LCDD ... , SS Cyst pattern ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #differential
Imaging Features of Autoimmune Pancreatitis (AIP)
Parenchymal changes suggestive of AIP:
1) Diffuse (AIP I) or (multi-) focal
: 1) Diffuse (AIP ... with loss of the normal ... multilobulated pattern ... : 1) Long-segment ... separated by a normal