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COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
COPD assessment ... Obstructive Lung ... Council; CAT: COPD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #Assessment
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
Initiative for Chronic ... Obstructive Lung ... Council; CAT: COPD ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Exacerbation of COPD ... workup for alternate ... COPD Assess ... MatthewHoMD #COPD ... #AECOPD #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pulmonary ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... Metabolic Disorders Chronic
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
lung disease causing ... hypoxemia • COPD ... activity worsens dyspnea ... markedly limited by dyspnea ... Classification #diagnosis
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... In COPD, decreases ... edema) • COPD ... patients (ie., CHF or COPD ... status • Won't Work
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... other processes Workup ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... obstruction • COPD ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
common cause of dyspnea ... include asthma, chronic ... bronchitis, and COPD ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis