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COPD Exacerbations - Management
 • Identify Triggers
 • Assess Severity
 • Risk for Poor Outcomes
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Exacerbations - Management ... Outcomes • Initial Treatment ... , NIPPV) - Systemic ... #Exacerbation #Management ... #treatment #pulmonary
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
Management of interstitial ... associated with systemic ... Symptomatic treatment ... systemicsclerosis #SSc #pulmonary ... #indications #management
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Systemic Thrombolysis
 - Exclude contraindications.
 - Indications:
   - Massive PE (definite indication)
Pulmonary Embolism ... Treatment Systemic ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary ... #Embolism #Treatment ... #AcutePE #Management
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... co-morbidity causing systemic ... hypertension, pulmonary ... ineffective) #Management ... dCHF #Diastolic #Treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
solid cancers • Systemic ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... in cardiogenic pulmonary ... if: significant systemic ... Revascularization, treatment ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Hypertension Presence of pulmonary ... Right ventricular systolic ... RVSP) - Estimates pulmonary ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... AmphoB or Vori + systemic ... #treatment #fungal
Acute Recurrent Pericarditis
= recurrence of Acute Pericarditis (AP) after free interval >4-6 weeks without symptoms, >1/4
Myopericarditis, Systemic ... symptoms: pulmonary ... manifestations, TREATMENT ... Pericarditis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... LV thrombus, RV systolic ... Management during ... Management during ... #cardiology #treatment