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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 ... Management #Pulmonary #COPD ... #GOLD #Staging ... #Severity #Classification
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... Council; CAT: COPD ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD ... History #Comparison #Staging ... #Severity #mMRC
Classic (2009) Spirometric GOLD Classification of COPD Severity Based on Postbronchodilator FEV
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD #GOLD #Staging
Spirometric GOLD Classification ... of COPD Severity ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD ... #GOLD #Staging ... #Severity #Classification
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Exacerbation of COPD ... • Sputum gram stain ... newly diagnosed COPD ... Assess severity ... MatthewHoMD #COPD
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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: CHF, valves, COPD ... Myopathy: Drugs (statin ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
MSK Radiology Imaging ... Case description ... prior signs or clinical ... surgeon had a clinical ... Arthritides (RA, CPPD
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... non-congested profile (“Cold ... and congested (“Cold ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
- always worth taking ... COPD lungs and bad ... windows due to COPD ... subcostal as in this case ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Primarily occurs in severely ... Lung Disease: • Clinical