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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Berlin criteria ... objective assessment“ (e.g ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Radiation to both arms ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
death Pursuing a diagnosis ... patient should focus ... . cardiac arrest ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... BrainDeath #Dead #Algorithm
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Syndrome (ARDS) ... fully explained by cardiac ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Berlin #Definition #Criteria
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Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... lack of acute cardiac ... level <100 pg/ml EKG ... syndrome (ARDS) ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... postoperative cardiac ... stratification #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... ECG is vital while ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare