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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
inflammatory lung injury ... overload with heart failure ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause ... #CriticalCare
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
in blood flow caused ... Echocardiographic Signs ... Depends on the cause ... leading to organ failure ... #Comparison #criticalcare
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Abdominal pain, nausea ... Progressive multi-organ failure ... (ARDS, coagulopathy ... , renal failure) ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... algorithm #treatment #management
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
rash • Others: nausea ... hemorrhage • ARDS ... • Shock and multi-organ ... failure - WuidQ ... Diagnosis #Illness #Signs
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
multisystem organ failure ... or spinal cord injury ... decompensated heart failure ... vascular → RV failure ... #criticalcare #
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
-> multiorgan failure ... thyroid dz liver failure ... • MI, Heart Failure ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
-> multiorgan failure ... thyroid dz liver failure ... • MI, Heart Failure ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
sweat Heat Injury ... AKI - Liver failure ... → Syncope • Signs ... damage (AKI, Liver injury ... cardiomyopathy, ARDS
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
hypertension and signs ... papilledema, heart failure ... or acute kidney injury ... renal bruit or signs ... Neurologic disorders