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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... of COPD (AECOPD ... newly diagnosed COPD ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #treatment #pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... Stable Angina • Acute ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Embolism* • Pulmonary
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Algorithm STEMI ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... Embolism: - Hx ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute ... , H/O COPD, asthma
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... History: cough, dyspnea ... studies legionella/strep ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
bronchoscopic and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease (COPD). ... patients with COPD ... are approved for clinical
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
In COPD, decreases ... edema) • COPD ... patients (ie., CHF or COPD ... increased WOB, dyspnea ... status • Won't Work
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
/SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... Symptoms: Cough, dyspnea ... DIAGNOSTICS: Clinical ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #pulmonary
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
toxicity (e.g., acute ... Dyspnea 3. ... embolism - ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP ... #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... embolus 3. ... typical HF sx: dyspnea ... #cardiology #treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cancer • Septic emboli ... characteristic features Clinical ... cough Pleuritic CP ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... TB #Diagnosis #Management