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POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... Ultrasound in the Evaluation ... of Dyspnea #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Algorithm #Ddxof #Lung
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
In ARDS, we know ... realize that in ARDS ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... be detected on CT ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... head and neck, pancreas ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... seen • Chest CT ... Management: • ... differential #causes #management
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
of invasive GAS disease ... kidneys, liver, lung ... /ARDS, coagulopathy ... STSS #treatment #management ... #diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... failure, COPD, Lung ... CXR +/- High res CT ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... and M panel Management ... #management
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation ... yield of available diagnostic ... diameter are called lung ... coronary artery disease ... Management options