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Adjunct Therapies to Consider in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 

#management #criticalcare #pulmonary #covid19
Consider in Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #management ... #criticalcare #pulmonary ... #covid19
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.
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... • Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... , inflammatory lung ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Checklist Evaluation ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... causing acute distress ... Revascularization, treatment ... #CHF #Shock #Cardiogenic
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... distress or tachypnea ... #Management #CriticalCare
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
: 33% • Treatment ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... of (Acute resp distress ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
gastrointestinal distress ... Gastrointestinal distress ... Gastrointestinal distress ... #valleyfever #management ... #comparison #table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... to determine if stress ... unless prior heart/lung ... thoracic surgery Stress ... , preoperative stress
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... macrophages Treatment ... #diagnosis #management