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Spirometry - PFT Interpretation Algorithm

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#Spirometry #PFTs #Interpretation #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #pulmonary #function
Spirometry - PFT ... Interpretation Algorithm ... #Spirometry #PFTs ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #function
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Pulmonary Function ... Testing (PFT) Interpretation ... Function #Testing #PFT ... #PFTs #Interpretation ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Tests (PFTs) - ... Interpretation Algorithm ... • Interstitial Lung ... FunctionTests #PFTs ... #diagnosis
Flow Volume Loops - Common Patterns
A. Normal
B. Emphysema
C. Unilateral Main Stem Bronchial Obstruction
D. Fixed Upper Airway
Unilateral Main ... Restrictive Parenchymal Lung ... Neuromuscular Weakness #Diagnosis ... #PFTs #Spirometry ... Loops #Patterns #pulmonary
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Young healthy pt ... with fever/dyspnea ... Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema ... NOT definitively diagnose
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... pericardial effusion) • PFTs ... sparing of the lung ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... blood cells in the lung ... walking uphill - Dyspnea ... #diagnosis #NCPE
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... (pain/abnormal LFT ... , arrhythmias, dyspnoea ... surface of legs), bilateral