RT @ASanchez_PS: But could the hypoxemia also be due to "COPD" I provided in the one-liner? 🧐 Potentially! But there are no PFTs on file 🙄…
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RT @AnilMakam: In hospital setting for patients like this, don't need PFTs to know it's not a COPD exac Hallmark is acute resp acidosis T…
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In hospital setting for patients like this, don't need PFTs to know it's not a COPD exac Hallmark is acute resp acidosis This is isolated hypoxia -- diurese I'm more worried why bicarbonate trend going down--someone give acetazolamide? And he's right,
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Additionally, in this study, major medical comorbidities were more common in those *without* COPD. Specifically, in patients with obesity who were treated for COPD, ~60% didn't have COPD based on spirometry: https://t.co/G0mfq7LiFd https://t.co/gFEn0pUK