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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Berlin criteria ... an “objective assessment ... “ (e.g. echo cardiogram ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... by the ratio of arterial ... #Syndrome #Berlin ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Syndrome (ARDS) ... Need objective assessment ... (eg, echocardiography ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Criteria
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria ... evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... edema on imaging (eg ... evidence of left atrial ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... days before Pulmonary
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Cardiac arrhythmias (e.g ... ., atrial fibrillation ... cardiogenic) - Pulmonary ... Peripheral neuropathy (e.g ... Joint instability (e.g