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Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
Lung Ultrasound: ... Edema vs ARDS ... edema / ARDS: ... #comparison #clinical ... #diagnosis #ultrasound
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 ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
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
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Syndrome (ARDS) ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Acute #Respiratory
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
pneumonia (COP), Respiratory ... ), Acute interstitial ... pneumonia (AIP) ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
(assumes Room Air ... Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... : Atelectasis, ARDS ... , Interstitial Lung ... #differential #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
B-Lines on Lung POCUS

PE is LEAST likely to show B lines. Juxtaposition of fluid droplets &
B-Lines on Lung ... alveolar interstitial syndrome ... pulm edema, pna, ARDS ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Pulmonary #ultrasound
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Diseases • Acute ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... (> 6 mo) - Respiratory ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... AIDP that presents ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... patients) • Respiratory ... variants: (1) acute