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Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Algorithm for Chronic ... Obstructive Pulmonary ... medical treatment of chronic ... of obstruction, symptom ... control persistent symptoms
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... /Complications: ... fractures • Short ... sleep apnea, cor pulmonale ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
-> Cotton-wool Spots ... -> Elschnig's Spots ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #complications
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... : • Chronic cough ... advanced disease Complications ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
COVID19 vs CHF on POCUS

Spot the difference. 2 pts presenting with nearly same symptoms. Left COVID
COVID19 vs CHF on POCUS ... Spot the difference ... with nearly same symptoms ... #Clinical #Lung ... Ultrasound #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... affecting the lungs ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... • GU system Complications ... malignancy, and chronic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... affecting the lungs ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... • GU system Complications ... malignancy, and chronic
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... granulomas within the lungs ... Self-limiting, chronic ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms ... Inhalation of spores ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Bulimia Nervosa: Signs and Symptoms
Associated Psychological / Behavioural Features
 • Feelings of shame, guilt and embarrassment
gum disease from chronic ... indication of chronic ... related to complications ... Russell's Sign • Sores ... BulimiaNervosa #pathophysiology