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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
ARDS: Clinical ... be detected on CT ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS ... #ARDS #Summary
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
(ARDS) - Respiratory ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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CT • Thickened ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #Paving #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
proximal weakness, arms ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... and EMG Findings ... Imaging - CT Chest ... #management #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... may precede the neurologic ... • EEG: With persistent ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... should be based on clinical ... enhancement on CT ... #AIDS #opportunistic ... #InfectiousDiseases
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... • CT: Halo sign ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #infectiousdiseases
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
respiratory distress syndrome ... (ARDS). ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... fungal stain of clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases