COPD

17 October 2018 18:20

Respiratory + Matrix Key presenting features Risk factors Key history Exam Diagnostic tests/ studies Most common Management
findings causative agent

Infectious Respiratory
Disorders
COPD is the preferred term for chronic 1A Bronchitis S/
bronchitis, emphysema, or chronic
obstructive airways disease
Chronic bronchitis- Clinically Defined as
Cough or sputum production on most days
for 3 months of 2 successive years
Emphysema 1A
Influenza 1A
Croup 1A
RSV/ acute bronchiolitis 1A
Bacterial pneumonia 1A cough, fever age elevated WBC and CRP
Viral pneumonia 1A
Acute bronchiolitis
Acute epiglottitis 1B
Pertussis 1B
Empyema 1B
Fungal Pneumonia 2B
HIV Related Pneumonia 2B
Tuberculosis 2B

Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease
Chronic bronchitis 1A
Emphysema 1A
COPD 1A Chronic cough smoking
Asthma 1A cough - may be chronic - worse at night and with family history symptoms worse at night, expiratory FEV1/FVC<0.7 signals trial inhaled
activity, chest tightness, breathlessness, wheeze after activity or with aspirin wheeze, significant airway beclomethasone
use obstruction
Sleep Apnoea 1B
Bronchieactasis 2B
Cystic Fibrosis

Neoplastic Pulmonary Disease

Bronchogenic carcinoma 1B
Metastatic Turmours 1B
Carcinoid Tumours
Primary Nodules

Restrictive Pulmonary Disease

Idiopathic Pulomary Fibrosis 2B
Pneumoconiosis 2B
Sarcoidosis 2B

Pulmonary Circulation
Pulmonary embolism 1B
Cor pulmonale 1B
Pulmonary Hypertension

Pleural Disease
Pleural effusion 1B
Pneumothorax - primary 1B
Pneumothorax - traumatic 1B
Pneumothorax - tension 1B
Pleurisy 1B

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