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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - ... Algorithm • Normal ... • Interstitial Lung ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests
Reference Laboratory Values - Fishbone Shorthand
Complete Blood Count (CBC), Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP), Liver Function Tests
Reference Laboratory ... Values - Fishbone ... Panel (BMP), Liver Function ... Tests (LFTs) and ... Reference #Normal
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... (LFTs) Elevation ... ALP ≥ 2x ULN R Value ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest ... #LFTs #Elevation
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
Liver Function Tests ... (LFTs) - Normal ... Values and Interpretation ... brain, pancreas, lungs ... #Tests #LFTs #Laboratory
Lung Volumes and Capacities

The amount of air that moves in and out of the lungs during
Lung Volumes and ... expiration of a normal ... The functional residual ... expiration of a normal ... #Lung #Volumes #
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
failure, aortic valve ... III - Chronic lung ... hemodialysis WHO PH Functional ... issues at rest, but normal ... issues at rest, but normal
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
ABG And BMP Normal ... (Cl + HCO3)} Normal ... <0.4 Pure Normal ... acidosis 0.4-0.8 Normal ... diabetic) Causes of Normal
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
upon damage • Normal ... - Prosthetic valves ... Lung: • Pneumocystis ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... differential #diagnosis #Laboratory
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• "Flu-like", Valley ... the phagocytic function ... Exam: Can be normal ... hepatomegaly, • Oral ... along with fever, rales
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... ) • Pulmonary function ... Bronchoscopy Laboratory