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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor ... Superimposed infection - increase ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
dilatation (signet-ring sign ... thickening - lack of normal ... A signet-ring sign ... patients with chronic ... bronchitis, COPD
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abnormal Chest ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... Cough • Vocal Cord ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Nervous System - Decreased ... Syndromes - Spinal Cord ... • Central Core ... #Causes #Peds #
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... Cauda equina- decreased ... dysfunction • Abnormal ... differential #algorithm
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
punctuated by frequent sighs ... Occasional sighs ... narrowed airways increase ... include asthma, chronic ... bronchitis, and COPD
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Chronic infections ... peripheral ischemia, bronchiectasis ... May arise from decreased ... Nail #Diseases #Abnormal ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Signs