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Important Respiratory Distress Pearls

#diagnosis #respiratory #distress #NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS #neonatal #pediatric #adult #respiratory #adverse #effects
Important Respiratory Distress ... #respiratory #distress ... #NRDS #RDS #TTN ... #MAS #neonatal ... adverse #effects #pulmonary
Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
Edema vs ARDS ... pleural line • AIS ... edema / ARDS: ... opacities • AIS ... #comparison #clinical
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... acute respiratory distress ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
other cause of ARDS ... : 33% • Treatment ... of (Acute resp distress ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Syndrome (ARDS) ... consistent with pulmonary ... lung collapse, or pulmonary ... must be present, as ... severity of the ARDS
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
most effective treatments ... the 4 drug study arms ... #CoronaVirus #Treatment ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome – ARDS ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... clear cause such as
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
In ARDS, we know ... realize that in ARDS ... Consider a patient in ARDS ... is calculated as ... #criticalcare #treatment
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Shock Syndrome (STSS ... & MOF → occurs as ... kidneys, liver, lung/ARDS ... Treatment Strategy ... #treatment #management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
, Advanced HIV/AIDS ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases