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Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... Dyspnea, Wheeze, Chest ... Cyanosis, Barrel chest ... , Pursed lip breathing ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... hyperventilation syndrome—a ... Causes include asthma ... bronchitis, and COPD ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... obstruction • COPD ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... high-resolution chest ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal