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First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
diagnosis of COPD ... of respiratory symptoms ... #ACOPD #Asthma ... #Differences #Algorithm ... #Treatment
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Differential Diagnosis ... - Dyspnea at rest ... brain injury, cerebral ... nervous system injury ... Edema: • Pathophysiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nodules, asthma ... quantify renal injury ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... or serologies + symptoms ... #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... inflammation Symptoms ... obstruction • COPD ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
tests before beginning ... treatment. ... Seizures - Severe asthma ... output - Acute pulmonary ... edema - Mesenteric
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Presentation: Injury ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
tests - Blood ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... COPD/asthma or adrenal ... BID if <96hr of symptoms ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary