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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... vascular permeability ... consistent with pulmonary ... #ARDS #Summary
Pharmacologic Management of ARDS

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - Berlin Definition
Mechanical Ventilation - Minimizing "Baro trauma"
Fluid
Pharmacologic Management ... of ARDS Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #pharmacology # ... #pulmonary
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Erythematosus - Summary ... Initial screening test ... severe disease Treatment ... Hydroxychloroquine *Short ... #rheumatology #management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... • Weakness: Starts ... variants: (1) acute ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... COPD assessment test ... #Algorithm #Management ... #Pulmonary #LABA ... SABA #SAMA #ICS #Pharmacology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
proximal weakness, arms ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... aspiration and acute ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Summary A defect ... intrapulmonary vascular ... 10 minutes of rest ... vascular dilation
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Cathepsin G release → vascular ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... APML #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... Summary Autoimmune ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment