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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... leading to increased pulmonary ... Berlin criteria ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... for Acute Respiratory ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... STAT CXR, CTA Chest ... #treatment #criticalcare
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... failure, COPD, Lung ... /- High res CT chest ... #Infections #HIVAIDS ... #workup #diagnosis
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... on imaging (eg. chest ... chest CT, or ultrasound ... #Criteria #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
) Chest imaging ... effusions, lobar/lung ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... ARDS #Acute #Respiratory
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... caused by a rigid chest ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... edema in acute ... #differential #diagnosis
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
POCUS You are ... Diagnosis? ... treatment.Had chest ... No empyema.Had acute ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... capillaries • Criteria ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... Pleuritic chest ... reticular opacities on chest