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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Respiratory #Distress ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
Stress come into ... Likewise, stress ... stress to another ... Same with lung stress ... stress.
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 ... consistent with pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #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 ... Recruitment #PEEP #ARDS ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Berlin Criteria ... other cause of ARDS ... : 33% • Treatment ... of (Acute resp distress ... , and CXR with pulmonary
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... effusions, lobar/lung ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Distress #Syndrome
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary ... Acute respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... Transfusion-related acute lung ... edema (Traumatic brain
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... starting amiodarone treatment ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... acute respiratory distress ... macrophages Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
yeast • At risk: AIDS ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases