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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 ... Disease; mMRC: ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Classification
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the ... lung parenchyma ... Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient ... HPS-severity classification
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Disease (COPD) ... PFTs • COPD Classification ... Group Assessment (ABCD ... #diagnosis #management ... #GOLD2022 #treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: ... #infectiousdiseases
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... on radioactive lung ... 80mmHg or A-a gradient ... #management #treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... capillaritis leading ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... The treatment of ... disease and coronary ... artery disease; ... typically slow growing
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... , in advanced disease ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... , verrucous) - Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases