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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Understanding & Treating ... ARDS - Acute Respiratory ... @nickmmark #ARDS ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... , lung collapse, ... #Acute #Respiratory ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
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Evaluation of Acute ... Immunocompromised patient: AIDS ... Ova and parasite testing ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Survey 4) Workup ... - Pulmonary >> Acute ... Cardiac surgery? ... Management #Summary #criticalcare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
effusions, lobar/lung collapse ... fully explained by cardiac ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... ARDS #Acute #Respiratory
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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proximally to arms ... Symptoms: • Cardiac ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #testing ... #workup
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
used in the ED setting ... with possible Acute ... admission for further workup ... Major Adverse Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
- Differential Diagnosis ... Severe Anemia, Cardiac ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... separate D-lactate testing ... #criticalcare #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of acute illness ... cardiac output. ... physiological response to acute ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... management #clinical #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of acute illness ... cardiac output. ... physiological response to acute ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare