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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Cheat Sheet ... Berlin criteria ... detected on CT or CXR ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... - Bilateral ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... pain, hemoptysis ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... The differential ... diagnosis includes ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
(ARDS) Chest ... effusions, lobar/lung ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Berlin #Definition #Criteria
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Signs: weight gain ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... #Management #Signs
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Diagnosis Framework ... blood cells in the lung ... capillaries • Criteria ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... pain, cough