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COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical and laboratory testing
Lung Ultrasound
HRCT scan
In-hospital treatment
Severity assessment and respiratory support 
Post-mortem
COVID-19 Diagnosis ... laboratory testing Lung ... assessment and respiratory ... @Revivan75 #COVID19 ... #Summary #treatment
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Proposed Respiratory ... lung disease are ... us believe that intubation ... @emupdates #respiratory ... management #schema #criticalcare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... lobar collapse, lung ... Distress #Syndrome #Berlin ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... worldwide numbers) • Incubation ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... , inflammatory lung ... Berlin criteria ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
know that the lungs ... relatively spared lung ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... - Intubation ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
like illnesses, COVID ... Can begin in arms ... patients) • Respiratory ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
The Berlin Definition ... effusions, lobar/lung ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Distress #Syndrome #Berlin
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... Begins in the respiratory ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs