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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... , inflammatory lung ... injury, leading ... permeability, lung ... with decreased lung
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Brain Failure Lung ... Injury (DILI) ... EmoryGastroHep #ACLF #Acute ... gastroenterology #management
Transfusion Reactions - Summary Cheatsheet
 • Hemolytic Reaction
 • Febrile Reactions
 • Transfusion Related Acute Lung
Transfusion Reactions ... • Febrile Reactions ... Transfusion Related Acute ... Lung Injury (TRALI ... #diagnosis #management
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... ARB • CCB (long ... Kidney Injury ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Hypertension #Management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Acute Hemolytic ... Lung Injury (TRALI ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... eruptions, diarrhea, liver ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
- Acute Hemolytic ... Lung Injury (TRALI ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... eruptions, diarrhea, liver ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Management Principles
Prerenal - Correct hemodynamic derangements:
 • If low preload →
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Management ... Treat underlying liver ... straight cath or long-term ... #Kidney #Injury
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
injury • Indirect ... hypersensitivity/immunologic reaction ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Troponin, Lactate, Liver ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... drained if causing acute ... (no B-lines on ultrasound
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... anterior/posterior MSK ... heart (2-5%), liver ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management