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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Exacerbation of COPD ... panel) • Alpha 1 ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD ... #AECOPD #Algorithm
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Post-infectious, Pneumonitis ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... #Differential #Algorithm
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... algorithms by Global ... indicate preferred treatment ... expiratory volume in 1  ... Management #Pulmonary #COPD
LABA/ICS Combination Inhalers
Long-Acting Beta2 Agonists (LABA) + Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) - Commonly used in Asthma 
Advair
of a patients COPD ... (see one of my old ... posts for the COPD ... treatment algorithm ... that is dosed 1
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
trauma (> 65 years old ... disease states 1. ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... ≥2 attacks • Long-term ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This post will focus ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... ribs.1 If you’ ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary