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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
Patterns of pulmonary dysfunction revealed by flow-volume loops. For comparison, a normal loop is shown with
Patterns of pulmonary ... comparison, a normal ... Diagnosis #PFTs #Spirometry ... #FlowVolume #Loops ... #Normal #pulmonary
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 ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences
Asthma
Chronic lung disease characterized by airway inflammation, airway and variable expiratory air flow obstruction
There are 2
Asthma Chronic ... lung disease characterized ... lower limit of normal ... Reversibility on spirometry ... @PulmPEEPs #Asthma
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... 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 ... may show this pattern ... Breathing In lung ... Causes include asthma ... #Breathing #Patterns
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... acidosis Step 5 - Differential ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma ... Base #Gas #VBG #differential
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Personality Disorders - Differential ... control • The pattern ... stable and of long ... disregard for social norms ... Personality #Disorders #Differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Differential Diagnosis ... resolution falling to normal ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung ... #Differential #
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
describe density differences ... which part is abnormal ... process adjacent to normal ... lung - Normal lung ... #Attenuation #Differential