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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... leading to increased pulmonary ... 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
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
consistent with pulmonary ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... seen • Chest CT ... Management: • ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Hematologic malignancy ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT ... #differential #diagnosis
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... proximally to arms ... (interstitial lung ... disease), PAH ( ... #diagnosis #signs
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... diameter are called lung ... disease and coronary ... artery disease; ... Management options
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 ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT ... #management #treatment
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... failure, COPD, Lung ... CXR +/- High res CT ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis