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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... : - Mild - ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... in the proper clinical ... densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
surrounded by opacified lung ... edema, severe ILD ... Bronchogram #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
or the anterior chest ... auricular papules Clinical ... anti-NXP2 Abs Lung ... prevalence of RP-ILD ... #dermatology #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... like illnesses, COVID ... • Weakness: mild ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
) Differential diagnosis ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
) Chest imaging ... effusions, lobar/lung ... present - Mild ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare #
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TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
TRALI Diagnostic ... < 90% on room air ... on imaging (eg. chest ... have pre-existing mild ... Criteria #pulmonary #criticalcare