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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... worsening symptoms during ... fully explained by pleural ... lobar collapse, lung ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vasopressors Table ... Blood Pressure, Pulmonary ... Vascular Resistance, Main ... #Pharmacology # ... Effect #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Abscess Management ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
Effusion (MPE) - Lung ... cascade; ↑ levels of PAI1 ... can be broken during ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Signs: weight gain ... HFrEF may lack lung ... edema, bilateral pleural ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... differential #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... #pharmacology
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 ... renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
tolerable • Limited clinical ... dyspnea, chest/back pain ... #valleyfever #management ... antifungals #comparison #table ... #pharmacology