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Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Mechanical Ventilation Protocol ... ARDSNet) NIH NHLBI ARDS ... Clinical Network ... #Ventilation #Protocol ... #ARDS ** GrepMed
COVID-19 patient with severe ARDS

Giuseppe Curigliano, MD, PhD @curijoey

Editor Note: Pt likely has severe underlying emphysema

#COVID19
patient with severe ARDS ... emphysema #COVID19 #ARDS ... #Severe #Clinical ... #ChestCT #Radiology
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... structures help in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CXR #ChestXRay #ARDS
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
people with HIV/AIDS ... Coccidioides 4) Protozoal ... Kaposrs sarcoma, AIDS ... Diarrhea #HIVAIDS #Differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Pulmonary edema; ARDS ... pulmonary #diseases #differential ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
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Insufficiency - Differential ... Fungal • HIV/AIDS ... Thrombophilia • Critical ... Insufficiency #Differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
according to Blue Protocol ... Differential Bilat ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... transfusion • Criteria: ARDS ... other cause of ARDS ... : 33% • Treatment ... : No • Treatment
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology