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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
and Prognosis Criteria ... present in 1 major criterion ... or 3 minor criteria ... met • Major criteria ... 30 breaths/min, PaO2
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... week of a known clinical ... - 200 mm Hg < PaO2 ... - 100 mm Hg < PaO2 ... Berlin #Definition #Criteria
Non-Invasive Ventilation (BiPAP) Algorithm - Indications and Contraindications
Indications for NIV:
 • COPD - pH <7.35, pCO2
COPD - pH <7.35, pCO2 ... VC < 1 even if pCO2 ... or pH <7.35 and pCO2 ... RR or daytime pCO2 ... #criticalcare #management
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
pathophysiology CLINICAL ... Assessing for CO2 ... Transition as CO2 ... - Arterial CO2 ... WAVEFORM - Critical
Centor - Clinical Decision Rule for Management of Sore Throat #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #Centor #Criteria
Centor - Clinical ... Decision Rule for Management ... Throat #Diagnosis #Management ... EM #IM #Centor #Criteria
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
bacterial etiology) Criteria ... present in 1 major criterion ... or 3 minor criteria ... met • Major criteria ... 30 breaths/min, PaO2
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
 - SIRS Criteria
 - qSOFA

#Sepsis #SIRS #qSOFA #Criteria #Diagnosis #Management
Diagnosis and Management ... - SIRS Criteria ... #SIRS #qSOFA #Criteria ... #Diagnosis #Management
Ranson's Criteria in Pancreatitis 
At Admission: 
 - Age > 55 years 
 - WBCs >
Ranson's Criteria ... < 8 mg/dl - PO2 ... #Ransons #Criteria
Markers of Organ Dysfunction in Severe Sepsis 
Altered consciousness 
Confusion 
Psychosis 

Tachycardia 
Hypotension 
Altered CVP 
Altered
Tachypnoea PaO2 ... 70mmHg SaO2 < 90% PaO2 ... CriticalCare #Diagnosis #Criteria
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Berlin criteria ... on CT or CXR ● PaO2 ... Management ● Early ... ● Supportive management