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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... #ARDS #Summary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Summary Lung ... polymicrobial infection ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Aspergillosis - Blastomyces ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... cases/100,000 per ... response preceding infection ... patients) • Respiratory ... #diagnosis #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Toxicity Summary ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... distress syndrome ... failure - Infectious ... #diagnosis #management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Testing - OnePager Summary ... (PPV) with the respiratory ... Pulmonary Artery ... • PULMONARY A ... comparison #challenges #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
or serology for Blastomyces ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... #Diagnosis #Management