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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... on scores and clinical ... Hemodynamics (Stable ... prognostication #diagnosis ... stratification #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... consistent with pulmonary ... computed tomographic (CT ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TEE) • Chest CT ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... Internet Book of Critical ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... with presence of pulmonary ... establishing a diagnosis ... cardiology #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... events or death (CARP ... stratification #diagnosis
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
intraparenchymal pulmonary ... confirmed the diagnosis ... #clinical #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... LAM #radiology #CT ... wedge #biopsy #NEJM
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
lesion has been stable ... mm depends on clinical ... probability: PET-CT ... definitive tissue diagnosis ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... eg. chest chest CT ... TRALI l, and b Stable ... #Criteria #pulmonary ... #criticalcare