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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... , inflammatory lung ... Berlin criteria ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
venous origin of CE material ... based on TTE, TEE, CT ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... #cardiology
Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) CardiacCT. In nl development, the ostium secundum allows placental blood to
septal defect (ASD ... ) CardiacCT. ... MMI approach, CT ... #Radiology #Cardiology ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #ASD
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... week of a known clinical ... - Bilateral ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... the chest the lung ... many chest x-rays and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... without contrast material ... ) — Lung Cancer ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
On the left a patient with ARDS. 
There is alveolar edema in both lungs. 
Notice that
edema in both lungs ... are not dilated and ... the cardiac silhouette ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ARDS #Alveolar
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... laterally displaced ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... ARBs • ARNIs
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
location of the cardiac ... carina to the cardiac ... enlargement of the left atrium ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... : • New cardiac ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria