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GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
- The refined ABCD ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... GOLD2017 #Staging #Grading ... #Classification
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Sputum cultures growing ... mycobacteria Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... on radioactive lung ... 80mmHg or A-a gradient
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... associated with lung ... malignancy, clinical ... The treatment of ... typically slow growing
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... transmit sound waves, leading ... IMPOCUSFocus #ABCs ... Differential #Diagnosis #clinical ... #pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
= increased Aa gradient ... presence in the lower lung ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... portal HTN • Aa gradient ... the left heart TREATMENT