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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease (COPD) ... - Evaluate symptoms ... Grade) - Symptom ... #Disease #COPD
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic criteria ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease; CT=computed ... #Asthma #COPD #Criteria
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
• Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... • Biliary Disease ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... - Neurologic/Psychiatric
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
Clinical Findings Symptoms ... included in DSM 5 criteria ... suicide Other Symptoms ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Fibrillation Overview Symptoms ... Valvular heart disease ... Structural heart disease ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... disease • Drugs
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
Obstructive Lung Disease ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Classification #Criteria
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
CONGENITAL STRUCTURAL DISEASE ... ACQUIRED VALVULAR DISEASE ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... DISEASE • HYPOXIA ... PSYCHIATRIC
Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia

Gestational Hypertension (gHTN) 
• BP > 140/90 
• Onset > 20 wks gestation
Elevated AST/ALT • Pulmonary ... Cerebral/visual symptoms ... Classification #Diagnosis #Criteria
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
Clinical: • Disease ... polyarthritis • Pulmonary ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Pulmonary
Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Well's Criteria for PE
 • Clinical Signs and Symptoms of DVT
for Suspected Pulmonary ... Embolism Well's Criteria ... Clinical Signs and Symptoms