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Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Titrated Positive End-Expiratory ... Patients With Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... consistent with pulmonary ... #Distress #Syndrome ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... minimum of 5 cmH20 PEEP ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Nasal Oxygen Delivery Devices
Nasal cannula can be used to deliver supplemental O2. Conventional nasal cannula are
In hypoxemic respiratory ... 0.7 cm H2O of PEEP ... distress generate ... Devices #management #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Distress Syndrome ... 300 mm Hg with PEEP ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... #Distress #Syndrome
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Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... severity Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... Bilateral A-Lines - Deep ... #differential #diagnosis
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
Strain and Lung Stress ... Likewise, stress ... strain and lung stress ... Same with lung stress ... minimize lung stress
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
- Infectious workup ... mild-moderate respiratory ... distress or tachypnea ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
drastically elevates the stress ... with circulating stress ... hormones that work ... #diagnosis #differential ... management #treatment #criticalcare