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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula- An infant had an apneic episode at birth and received positive-pressure
birth and received positive-pressure ... was diagnosed. ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #esophageal ... #chest #Xray
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
inferior retrocardiac position ... liquid (Panels C ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #HiatalHernia ... #NEJM
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... venous pressure, positive ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Inhibitors and ARBs
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... fungal stain of clinical ... Inhalation of spores ... infection have positive
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... revealed multiple pulmonary ... patient received a diagnosis ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF c) ... Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... change CV risk Chest ... stratification #diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... x-ray (CXR), try ... wall, a chest x-ray ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest