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Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Interpretation Algorithm ... Emphysematous COPD ... Non-emphysematous COPD ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... diagnosis #asthma #COPD
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... == CPPD == Think ... About CPPD When ... Asymptomatic CPPD ... Osteoarthritis with CPPD
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Interpretation Algorithm ... Interstitial Lung Disease ... Non-Emphysematous COPD ... Emphysematous COPD ... Interpretation #Algorithm
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
(CPPD) Pathophysiology ... Think About CPPD ... Asymptomatic CPPD ... monoarticular CPPD ... #Pseudogout #CPPD
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
pathogenesis and clinical ... pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD ... and/or x-ray - CPPD ... Chondrocalcinosis #Pseudogout #CPPD ... #Disease #Signs
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Systemic Rheumatic Disease ... Sclerosis, Sjogren's Disease ... Sarcoidosis, Still's Disease ... Arthropathy: Gout, CPPD
AECOPD 
 Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
COPD #clinical
obstructive pulmonary disease ... COPD #clinical
Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
species - Lyme disease ... birefringent - CPPD
Fluid aspiration of the subdeltoid bursa in cppd

Rheumatology @Rheumatology

#aspiration #subdeltoid #bursa cppd #shoulder #POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
subdeltoid bursa in cppd ... subdeltoid #bursa cppd ... shoulder #POCUS #clinical
Chondrocalcinosis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD) Deposition Disease

 - Acute CPPD precipitation into the joint space ->
Pyrophosphate Dihydrate (CPPD ... ) Deposition Disease ... - Acute CPPD ... Chondrocalcinosis #Pseudogout #CPPD ... #Disease #Signs