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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... : • Clinical examination ... 88-92% • VBG/ABG ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
) and IMPROVE (VTE ... validated for VTE ... treatment, only ... studies suggest net clinical ... #Diagnosis
Hypereosinophilia and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

 • Secondary Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
 • Clinically Relevant HES Variants
 • When to
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome • Clinically ... disorders • Diagnosis ... and Treatment Algorithm ... Syndrome #HES #Hematology ... #management #algorithm
Our approach to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with suspected HIT. Our approach is
based primarily on clinical ... Estimates of the clinical ... and to adjust treatment ... #Hematology #HIT ... Thrombocytopenia #Algorithm
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... rx first and dx second ... Chronic hypoxia & bad ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... sinus thrombosis, VTE ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Longterm Venous Thromboembolism Treatment Algorithm
Treat for 3 months and reassess
 • Isolated distal DVT (without cancer)
Thromboembolism Treatment ... Algorithm Treat ... therapy - Second ... VTE - Indefinite ... #Algorithm #management
Complications of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)
Fracture, Osteoporosis
 - Increased osteoclast activity and bone resorption
antibody - Early treatment ... glycoprotein (MAG ... rituximab (in clinical ... Complications #diagnosis ... #hematology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... mmHg (room air) - ABG ... contrast-enhanced TTE ... the left heart TREATMENT ... only definitive treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
body • Bird and bat ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical