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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 ... be detected on CT ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... STAT CXR, CTA Chest ... #criticalcare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
consistent with pulmonary ... be present on a chest ... computed tomographic (CT ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Absent Lung Sliding in Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

24yo F pleuritic chest pain.  No history of
Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS ... 24yo F pleuritic chest ... What’s the diagnosis ... Pneumothorax #Lung #POCUS ... #pulmonary #clinical
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TTE +/- TEE) • Chest ... CT scan, if suspect ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... on imaging (eg. chest ... chest CT, or ultrasound ... #Criteria #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
& pneumonia on POCUS ... The differential diagnosis ... from the anterior chest ... sliding #pneumonia #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #pulmonary
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet ... opacities • CT ... unilateral* • POCUS ... #Management #Summary ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... Itraconazole is the agent ... aches, joint pain, chest ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... #Management #Infections