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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
leading to increased pulmonary ... congestion with hypoxemia ... consistent with pulmonary ... the underlying cause ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Related Acute Lung ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... progressing to severe hypoxemia ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Related Acute Lung ... TRALI resembles ARDS ... progressing to severe hypoxemia ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
should identify any cause ... If circulation unstable ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... hypersensitivity/immunologic reaction ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... Exclude other causes ... #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
• A state of hyperinflammatory ... superinfection, drug reactions ... (fever, cough, hypoxia ... : • Drug reaction ... #Management
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
and by loss of hypoxic ... Accordingly, at this stage ... , the pulmonary ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis ... #Management #SARSCOV2
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Delivery • Stable ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the knee-jerk reaction ... Sepsis, Shock, Hypoxia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm