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Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function Grading ... atrium, PASP: pulmonary ... #Dysfunction #Grading ... #Classification ... #Grades #Criteria
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Pulmonary vasculature ... Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient ... HPS-severity classification ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... Sputum cultures growing ... mycobacteria Treatment
Internal Hemorrhoid Grades
Above dentate line, painless dripping and bright red, on wiping tissue or in toilet)
Grade
Internal Hemorrhoid Grades ... or in toilet) Grade ... blood vessels Grade ... manually reduced Treatment ... #grading #classification
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
B-Cell ~90% • Low Grade ... Responsive to Treatment ... range • High Grade ... growth, response to treatment ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... Obstructive Lung Disease grade ... indicate preferred treatment ... #Management #Pulmonary
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... PFTs • COPD Classification ... determine GOLD Grade ... #Obstructive #Pulmonary ... management #GOLD2022 #treatment
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
inflammatory response leading ... can result in bronchiectasis ... plugs • Low grade ... collapse • Central bronchiectasis ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... Renal Syndromes ... capillaritis leading ... RBC casts, low grade ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
noxious stimuli) TREATMENT ... Initiate empiric treatment ... Encephalopathy #Grading ... #Classification ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment