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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... detected on CT or CXR ... resuscitation, ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... United States • Pneumonic ... organism into the lungs ... Culture & GS, PCR ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... array viewing the lung ... >1cm, supports diagnosis ... imaging such as cxr ... #lung #ultrasound
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... specificity of PCR ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #management #treatment
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Influenza Checklist Diagnostic ... antigens - Nares PCR ... function tests - Ultrasound ... Resuscitation & ... Influenza #Checklist #Management