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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
Classifications for COPD through the Years
Graphic Design by Mr. Ramon Thompson
#Diagnosis #COPD #Classification #Severity #Critera #GOLD2006
Classifications ... for COPD through ... Thompson #Diagnosis #COPD ... #Classification ... #Severity #Critera
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
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
Council; CAT: COPD ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #COPD ... #GOLD2017 #Staging ... #Grading #Classification
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... == CPPD == Think ... About CPPD When ... • Self-limited synovitis ... Asymptomatic CPPD
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
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Deposition Disease (CPPD ... Think About CPPD ... • Self-limited synovitis ... Asymptomatic CPPD ... birefringent • Gram stain
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
depending on the severity ... lung sliding COPD ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Adrenal Metastases on Renal POCUS
Pt complains of right flank pain, n/v. States feels like prior kidney
Metastases on Renal POCUS ... lung CA, HTN, COPD ... Further imaging ... on the further imaging ... #mass #Renal #POCUS