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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
ARDS: Clinical ... failure should be ruled ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS ... #ARDS #Summary
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... bronchi, trachea, or lungs ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... brain - Wasting syndrome ... due to HIV #AIDS
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... IA #Diagnosis #Management ... treatment #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... kidneys, liver, lung ... /ARDS, coagulopathy ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious ... STSS #treatment #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
animals • Milk • Food ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... response preceding infection ... Can begin in arms ... : Due to nerve root ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... #Infections #HIV ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Diagnosis and Management ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... Lymphoma or AIDS ... Very uncommon - AIDS ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases