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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... : Clinical Cheat ... be performed in most ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... By Tina Hang ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... #diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... week of a known clinical ... symptoms during the past ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis 
- Most comrnon CNS infection in patients with AIDS 
who are not receiving appropriate
Toxoplasmosis - Most ... patients with AIDS ... prophylaxis Clinical ... pyrimethamine-induced hematologic ... Toxoplasmosis #Diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... chills, anorexia, ARDS ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... #management #Bartonella
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Acute Hemolytic ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... Occurs 8-10 days post ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... presentation, and most ... presents as an acute ... #management #treatment ... #hematology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... Most invasive infections ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... , CGD) Clinical ... septated hyphae, acute
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
- Acute Hemolytic ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... Occurs 8-10 days post ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
hypertension being the most ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... #management #neurology