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Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
criteria for asthma-COPD ... COPD=chronic obstructive ... pulmonary disease; CT ... normal #Diagnosis #PCC ... #IM #ACOS #AsthmaCOPD
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
pts with severe COPD ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM
Possible mechanisms for the development of asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). Two mechanisms by which ACOS might
development of asthma-COPD ... #Pathophys #PCC ... #IM #ACOS #AsthmaCOPD ... OverlapSyndrome #Asthma #COPD
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
heart failure, COPD ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... Blood and sputum cx
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT ... intervention CMC IM
Associations between Total Mucin Concentrations and Phlegm Production and Disease Severity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Pulmonary Disease (COPD ... EBM #Pathophys #PCC ... ChronicBronchitis #Mucin #NEJM
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
left false vocal cord ... #NEJM #clinical ... laryngoscope #radiology #CT
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... Physical stigmata of cor ... high-resolution chest CT
Chest radiography showed perihilar opacities in both lungs with free air in the mediastinum (Panel A,
#Clinical #PCC # ... IM #EM #Pneumomediastinum ... #Influenza #NEJM
Froin’s Syndrome - On lumbar puncture, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was xanthochromic, viscous, and coagulated in
flow by a spinal cord ... CT myelography showed ... compressing the spinal cord ... Clinical #Radiology #CT ... FroinSyndrome #NEJM