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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... inflammatory lung injury ... increased pulmonary vascular ... heart failure should ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... to local skin injury ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... #management #signs
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
when evaluation should ... kidney injury). ... Proven age of onset before ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Causes: • Vascular
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
In critically injured ... fantastically useful test ... diagnostic step ... #Management #Trauma ... #BigTrauma #BeforeCT
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
and Management ... presents with an acute ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... based on clinical ... and long head biceps
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... tests before beginning ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
or dilated) • Valvular ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... and relief of IVC ... waiting ~6 months before ... started, patients should
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis