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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Berlin criteria (2013 ... clear cause such as ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
In general, we expand antibiotics too soon in cellulitis, as clinical response (e.g. reduction in edema/erythema,
in cellulitis, as ... clinical response ... (e.g. reduction ... ) alternative diagnosis ... #EBM #ID #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- HIV, CMV, EBV ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... w/differential diagnosis ... pain that worsens as ... (Cornelia NEJM 2014 ... #Management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Failure (ADHF) as ... diagnosis but rather ... ECG is vital while ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... pathophysiology as ... specific therapy, the clinician ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... #management #neurology
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
is calculated as ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #respiratory #clinical