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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
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... leading to increased pulmonary ... Berlin criteria ... minimum of 5 cmH20 PEEP ... #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 ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #ards #foamed # ... criticalcare #treatment
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
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... with circulating stress ... differential #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare ... #foamed
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... acute respiratory distress ... macrophages Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... factors + oxidative stress ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #cardiology #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
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
Diagnosis: • Direct fungal ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... antigen • India ink prep ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... #Diagnosis #Management