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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

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

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Summary Lung ... seen • Chest CT ... Management: • ... Clindamycin in case
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 ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Summary Sheet ... presentation - Acute ... presentation of TB, lung ... Diagnosis • Management ... #summary #fungal
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
In addition is based ... diameter are called lung ... mm or larger is based ... coronary artery disease ... Management options
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Summary A defect ... absence of intrinsic lung ... on radioactive lung ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
- OnePager Summary ... Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT ... differential #diagnosis #management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Summary