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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease (COPD) ... post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ... #Disease #COPD ... management #GOLD2022 #treatment
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
interstitial lung disease ... with systemic sclerosis ... absolute decline in FVC ... Symptomatic treatment ... systemicsclerosis #SSc #pulmonary
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Progressive MS (Spinal cord ... Treatment: • ... • Acute: - IV ... management #neurology #treatment
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... multiple spinal cord ... course of the disease ... diagnosis column Treatment ... motor neurons - IV
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Bilateral signs ... suggestive of multiple sclerosis ... : - Multiple sclerosis ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... matter, spinal cord ... (SVC/IVC occlusion ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... diagnosis #management #signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... obstruction • COPD ... Nasal polyps and signs ... , in advanced disease ... mycobacteria Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... steroids for severe disease ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... diagnosis #management #pulmonary