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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... be detected on CT
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... Management: • ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
of Acute Exacerbation ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Related Disease Clinical ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... Disease #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... a repeat chest CT ... malignancy, clinical ... The treatment of ... Management options
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Clinical DX: - ... Imaging - CT Chest ... aspiration and acute ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
fibroinflammatory syndrome ... • 1st line: CT ... sensitivity) Clinical ... Pancreatitis #diagnosis #management ... gastroenterology #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... #treatment #hepatology