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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... leading to increased pulmonary ... detected on CT or CXR ... the underlying cause ... oxygenation in pneumonia
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Blood cultures • CXR ... #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
and Management ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Yield of blood CX ... #Management #treatment ... #Pulmonary #Community
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
TB IRIS which can ... initiation Clinical ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
organism: strep pneumonia ... lysis: fever, anemia ... complications: ARDS ... and DIC, case fatality ... cryopreservation but in abscess
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
maternal age • Anemia ... Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... congestion on a CXR ... recognition and management