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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... SyndromeARDS ... there is no clear cause ... pneumonia and are ... #CriticalCare
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Syndrome JAMA ... increased 28-day all-cause ... Wilkinsonjonny #ART ... #EBM #VisualAbstract ... Postoperative #Pulmonary #CriticalCare
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
alterations in cardiac ... accumulation, & cardiac ... Myocarditis • Stress ... involvement as part ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Stable Angina Stress ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... acute coronary syndrome ... #Algorithm #Cardiology ... #EBM #Trial
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #cardiology #treatment
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT syndrome ... heart disease Causes ... #differential #cardiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... Can begin in arms ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... #diagnosis #management
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
syncope, can be caused ... exertional syncope) are ... characteristically cause ... associated with sudden cardiac ... ECG #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... not caused by granulomas ... neuropathy or cardiac ... (for example, cardiomyopathy ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management