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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Exacerbation of COPD ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #pulmonary
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... algorithms by Global ... the perceived level ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #COPD #GOLD2017
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... Medications, Spinal Cord ... ā€¢ Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 ā€¢ Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 ā€¢ Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... - pulmonary opacities ... ā€¢ Steroids: IV ... management #hematology #oncology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
ā€¢ Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction ā€¢ COPD ... ā€¢ Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia ā€¢ Young syndrome ... Physical stigmata of cor ... mycobacteria Treatment
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
glycol (present in IV ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Anxiety, pain, fever ... Classicallyā€¯ noted with pulmonary ... lung disease (COPD
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
- Ferritin, liver ... 75 mg BID (or IV ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... COPD/asthma or adrenal ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary