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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... permeability, lung congestion ... detected on CT or CXR ... #Summary #CheatSheet ... #CriticalCare
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
lateral wrist XR ... Here's quick summary ... repair MH/CCF ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
→ no signs of CXR ... congestion. 2. ... Inhibitors and ARBs ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... - Summary 1. ... May have typical HF ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #cardiology #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of congestion ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Sources ... Sporotrichosis - Symptoms, CXR ... CSF similar to TB ... infectiousdiseases #treatment