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GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
stage of COPD #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pulmonary ... Staging #Severity #Classification ... #FEV1 #FEV1FVC
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
assessment and classification ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Severity #mMRC #FEV1FVC ... #mMRC #Classification
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Staging #Grading #Classification ... #FEV1FVC #mMRC
Classic (2009) Spirometric GOLD Classification of COPD Severity Based on Postbronchodilator FEV
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Spirometric GOLD Classification ... Postbronchodilator FEV #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #COPD ... Staging #Severity #Classification ... #FEV1 #FEV1FVC
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
Ultrasound for Diagnosis ... than physical exam ... is not clinically ... LikelihoodRatios #Accuracy #Diagnosis ... #Exam #VisualAbstract
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... meropenem) #Lung #Abscess ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... - Physical Exam ... Diagnosis: • ... #pulmonary #differential
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... PFTs • COPD Classification ... (ABCD) - Assess ... #Obstructive #Pulmonary ... Disease #COPD #diagnosis
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... of Pulmonary Hypertension ... Pulmonary arterial ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
Myocardial Injury Classification ... non-cardiac illness: Critical ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary ... Myocardial #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #cardiology