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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... the underlying cause ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... moderate to severe ARDS ... increased 28-day all-cause ... Recruitment #PEEP #ARDS ... Postoperative #Pulmonary #CriticalCare
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... POCUS lung exam ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... Lung POCUS shows ... Lung POCUS invaluable
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura in severe cases ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... (ARDS): - Bilateral ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
with abolished lung-sliding ... with lung-rockets ... indicates anterior lung ... Hi-Res .mp4 version ... /11924/dyspnea-criticalcare-pulmonary-algorithm-pocus
Lazarus Reflex on Physical Exam

The Lazarus sign is a reflex movement observed in brain-dead or brainstem
briefly raising the arms ... Long-term survival ... reported in some cases ... video #neurology #criticalcare ... #braindeath #braindead
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... plexus, or sclera), lungs ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... #Algorithm #differential
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Exclude other causes
ECMO Troubleshooting - OnePager Summary
ECMO Emergency Protocol - Team should train/practice & have necessary supplies at
circuit and can cause ... function of native lung ... or membrane lung ... POST-CANNULATION SYNDROME ... differential #management #criticalcare
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... HAV, HBV, HCV, HEV ... CA, small cell lung