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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... Acute onset over 1 ... consistent with pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR, Lung ... doppler, CTA • ECG ... panel) • Alpha 1 ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
Typically set at 1- ... Titrate CPAP up as ... volumes of ~6 cc/kg ... management #schema #criticalcare ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
and ECG with sinus ... the OR in under 1 ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Differential Diagnosis 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... #differential #algorithm ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
pulmonary hypertension ... Early transit of bubbles ... stretched PFO or ASD ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
the secondary pulmonary ... Pulmonary vessels ... emphysema can be very subtle ... detect on HRCT(1) ... #Clinical #Radiology
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
sinus rhythm... 1. ... Long chronic severe ... ASD with R/L shunting ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus