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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
inflammatory lung injury ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... edema must be present ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Causes include: ... • A lack of acute ... level <100 pg/ml EKG ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... lung injury (TRALI
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
nervous system injury ... of acute respiratory ... failure or ARDS ... pulmonary edema ... #edema #causes
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
respiratory drive due to neurologic ... injury or sedatives ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... edema (most common ... , pulmonary AVMs
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
mm is needed to cause ... hypertension (e.g ... kidney injury ( ... - Pulmonary edema ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause ... until cause identified
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... cardiac output - Acute ... pulmonary edema ... peritonitis - Acute ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... pleural effusions • Acute ... acute respiratory ... Exclude other causes
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... with presence of pulmonary ... edema (“B-lines ... the determined cause ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... edema on imaging ... (eg. chest chest ... #criticalcare