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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... ventilated • CXR ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #COPD #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #treatment #pulmonary
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
bronchoscopic and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... are approved for clinical ... long-term outcomes or comparison ... #Management #AdvancedCOPD
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #criticalcare #icu
COVID-19 - Subpleural Consolidations on Lung POCUS

Doing daily POCUS LUS for ICU COVID-19 patients in Singapore
POCUS LUS for ICU ... Helps with management ... valuable PPEs, reduce CXRs ... #lung #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #POCUS
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... support for patients clinically ... #cardiology #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... myocardium by a much higher ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
perform own ADLs - Highest ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Higher incidence ... Key Point: High clinical ... congestion on a CXR ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
of prior silent pulmonary ... have csf wbc>100 (higher ... Standard treatment ... T2 #MRI #Brain #clinical ... #radiology