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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... be detected on CT ... if there is no clear ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
contractility) - Acute ... exacerbation (any cause ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... Classification #Table ... #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
on scores and clinical ... class (30-day all cause ... Hemodynamics (Stable ... prognostication #diagnosis ... stratification #criticalcare
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Infarction and Pulmonary ... life-threatening causes ... Pericarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... Presentation #comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... years - May have signs ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... involvement - CT
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
McConnell's Sign ... " c/w acute right ... Diagnosis concerning ... for Pulmonary Embolism ... #clinical #ultrasound
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... with previously stable ... hypertension and signs ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... renal bruit or signs
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... #Management #Signs
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Definition: acute ... Clinical manifestations ... Doppler US : halo sign ... PET/CT: aortitis ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis