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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... consistent with pulmonary ... lung collapse, or pulmonary ... #Syndrome #Berlin ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Acute Respiratory Distress ... moderate to severe ARDS ... Wilkinsonjonny #ART ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Berlin criteria ... minimum of 5 cmH20 PEEP ... pneumonia and are ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
In ARDS, we know ... Keep this in mind ... to keep plateau ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory
Titrating PEEP in ARDS
Key Principles:
1) The ideal PEEP optimizes alveolar recruitment and reduces atelectrauma, while minimizing
ARDS Key Principles ... Volume Loop • Stress ... #ARDS #titration ... #management #criticalcare ... #pulmonary
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Berlin Criteria ... other cause of ARDS ... : 33% • Treatment ... • Criteria - At ... , and CXR with pulmonary
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... which is enough to keep ... algorithm #management #treatment ... #criticalcare # ... foamed
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... Just keep in mind ... algorithm #cardiology #echocardiogram ... management #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
blood vessels are ... risk: AIDS, neutropenia ... antigen • India ink prep ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... in patients who are