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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Respiratory Distress ... another process • Origin ... #Distress #Acute ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress ... syndrome, PJP Pneumocystis ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
ARDS - Overview

M. Daniyal Hashmi, MD @MDaniyalHashmi1

#ARDS #Respiratory #Distress #Acute #Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare #summary
MDaniyalHashmi1 #ARDS #Respiratory ... #Distress #Acute ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Original ARDSNet ... Ventilation Protocol Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome Network ... Clinical Network #Management
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
- Differential Diagnosis ... Organ Specific ... Respiratory Tract ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
: Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious: • ... Respiratory viruses ... 45%) • Group A Strep ... Group C and G strep
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Management ... minute), tachypnea (respiratory ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or evidence of organ
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... and Management ... factors: Previous acute ... enteric infection ... less common: Life stress
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... risk-stratification • Risks: infection ... transformation to acute ... only curative treatment ... #Management #treatment
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
hypotension • Multi-organ ... Treatment Strategy ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious ... #STSS #treatment ... #management #diagnosis