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GOLD 2009 guidelines for therapy at each stage of COPD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging #Severity
each stage of COPD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pulmonary #COPD ... #GOLD #Staging ... Classification #FEV1 #FEV1FVC
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... GOLD2017 #History #Comparison ... #Staging #Severity ... #mMRC #FEV1FVC
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Medications, Spinal Cord ... Decompensated CHF ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... algorithm #treatment #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #comparison ... #challenges #management
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
- Sputum gram stain ... function tests - Ultrasound ... COPD/asthma or adrenal ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... Influenza #Checklist #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Direct fungal stain ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... India ink prep CSF ... into the skin or subcutaneous ... #Management #Infections