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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... objective assessment“ (e.g ... #CriticalCare
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
: ACS, Acute decompensated ... CHF, Hypertensive ... Intracardiac shunt, Cardiomyopathy ... Neuromuscular disease (eg ... Metabolic acidosis (eg
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
CT scan, if suspect ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... if suspected (e.g ... block (+/- daily EKG ... of infection (e.g
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... Nephrotoxins (e.g ... channel blocker (eg ... #Checklist #CHF
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... Electrodiagnostic studies - EMG ... variants: (1) acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
(e.g., familial ... • Pulmonary embolus ... hemodynamics (e.g ... LVEF recovery (e.g ... teratogenic GDMT meds (e.g
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... medical and surgical management
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 CT ... #criticalcare
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
proximal weakness, arms ... Serologic and EMG ... Imaging - CT Chest ... aspiration and acute ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... differential #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #