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First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
bronchodilator test ... required, specific tests ... and sensitivity tests ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... overlap; ICS =
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... explanations, see text ... Council; CAT: COPD ... Assessment Test ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
for Asthma and COPD ... Combination - ICS ... Combination - ICS ... Corticosteroid - ICS ... #lung #asthma #copd
Positive Hoffmann’s Test (Finger Flexor Reflex) on Physical Examination

Indicates cervical spinal cord compression in this patient
Positive Hoffmann’s Test ... cervical spinal cord ... Hoffmanns #Reflex #test ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video
Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
-> Low dose ICS ... Med/High dose ICS ... product used in COPD ... the dose of the COPD ... version is blue but COPD
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
pulmonary disease (COPD ... squared; CAT, COPD ... assessment test ... of expiration; ICS ... #COPD #Treatment
COPD Management Algorithm - GOLD 2019 guidelines 

Categorize into COPD GOLD A-D -> Initiate first-line therapy
COPD Management ... Categorize into COPD ... which includes ICS ... ICS use should only ... Unnecessary ICS
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
Council; CAT: COPD ... Assessment Test ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Visualized Intraoperatively - MICS CABG Surgery

- Rodrigo Ribeiro de Souza MD @rodrigo_md_1979

#Coronary
Intraoperatively - MICS ... thoracic #surgery #video ... #MICS #CABG
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function Tests ... Non-Emphysematous COPD ... Emphysematous COPD