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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... be detected on CT ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Acute #Respiratory
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... #differential #diagnosis
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Age ... At least 3 of (Acute ... resp distress, ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... lung injury (TRALI ... #differential #diagnosis
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
TRALI Diagnostic ... Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... eg. chest chest CT ... , or ultrasound)
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... common causes of acute ... or ARDS (aspiration ... hypertension TRALI
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs