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Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Pulmonary Function ... Testing (PFT) Interpretation ... MatthewHoMD #Pulmonary ... Testing #PFT #PFTs #Interpretation ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... • Interstitial Lung ... Non-Emphysematous COPD ... Emphysematous COPD ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
FEV1: forced expiratory ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017 ... Staging #Grading #Classification
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... and classification ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... FEV1FVC #mMRC #Classification
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
associated with COPD ... hyperexpansion of the lungs ... Hoovers #Sign #Pulmonary ... #Video #Clinical ... #Paradoxical #Respiratory
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... severity Acute Respiratory ... sliding COPD or ... sliding Pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... : Interstitial lung ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... bypassing the lungs ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
for alternate diagnoses ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... 2 (or complete respiratory ... deficiency for newly diagnosed ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... #Diagnosis #Summary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... ), Respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis ... #differential #pulmonary