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Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... attacks COPD: ... Hyperresonance, Hypoxemia ... Subxiphoid PMI • COPD ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Asthma #COPD
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Disease and/or Hypoxemia ... : • COPD • Interstitial ... Sleep-Disordered Breathing ... #Causes
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
has a number of causes ... has several causes ... consider infarction, hypoxia ... bronchitis, and COPD ... Abnormalities #Abnormal
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... Most Common Causes ... obstruction • COPD ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... the airway • Treating