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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Syndrome • ... volume overload or CHF ... #Acute #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Cardiac: • CHF ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... NCSE • Delirium/agitation
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... for Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #Syndrome #Berlin ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... Propofol infusion syndrome ... bradycardia • Ketamine ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... Berlin criteria ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... initiation • Differential ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF ... organ dysfuxtion, ICU ... Differentiation #Syndrome
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... • Hyperactive (Agitation ... Hypoactive 3) Examine ... status #Management #criticalcare ... encephalopathy #differential
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Syndrome (ARDS) ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... #Distress #Syndrome ... Berlin #Definition #Criteria
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
coronary syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare # ... icu #clinical #pharmacology