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Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... goals of assessing lung ... Note: there is a low ... (IPC)–related infection ... are any signs/symptoms
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... fully explained by pleural ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Slow Growers (Runyon ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
COVID19 in the ICU, now ... Wuhan Virus") • Infection ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... numerous B-lines, pleural ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Peritoneal Dialysis vs Hemodialysis - Advantages and Disadvantages 
Peritoneal Dialysis:
 • Access: Abdominal wall insertion of
rarely, a patent pleuro-peritoneal ... Poor flow rates ... thrombosis or infection ... Hemodialysis #comparison #table ... disadvantages #nephrology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... edema, bilateral pleural ... angiography if low
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... or TSH level if symptoms ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... (It's usually low ... Constitutional symptoms ... Focal pneumonia, pleural
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
antibiotic use, infections ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... melena - Other GI symptoms ... retrosternal chest pain Diagnosis ... the most common long
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... anti-Smith Ab, low ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... , lymphopenia, low ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms