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ARDS - Overview

M. Daniyal Hashmi, MD @MDaniyalHashmi1

#ARDS #Respiratory #Distress #Acute #Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare #summary
ARDS - Overview ... #Respiratory #Distress ... Acute #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
Antibiotics #Classes #Bacterial ... Susceptibilities #ICU #CriticalCare ... #Overview #Pharmacology
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
- Differential Diagnosis ... Increased O2 Demand: Stress ... Biotin) Type D: Bacterial ... • Bacteria ferment ... #criticalcare #
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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claudication - Arterial ... Oral and genital Sores ... inflammation - Venous/arterial ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Table
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Acute Respiratory Distress ... by the ratio of arterial ... #Respiratory #Distress ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Schistosomiasis • Bacterial ... Syndromes: Churg-Strauss ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
nutritionally variant Strep ... under BCNIE, these bacteria ... #differential #diagnosis ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
placed through an arterial ... Balloon #Pump #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology ... #criticalcare
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... establishing a diagnosis ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology