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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... : Clinical Cheat ... an “objective assessment ... cause such as trauma ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... #Video #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary ... #Respiratory
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Other common assessment ... failure or ARDS ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... sedation needs B - Respiratory ... normothermia during assessment ... #Trauma #Primary ... Survey #CABCDE #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... Pleuritic chest ... reticular opacities on chest ... #diagnosis #management
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
always needs urgent assessment ... Breathing and chest ... observed for signs of respiratory ... Examination #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... aches, joint pain, chest ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Begins in the respiratory ... #Management #Infections