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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Syndrome (RDS) ... • Chronic Lung ... Disease (CLD) ... Enterocolitis (NEC) Neurologic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Syndrome (ARDS) ... week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... : - Mild - ... #Distress #Syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... • Weakness: mild ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... management #treatment #neurology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Interpretation Steps ... Acute or chronic ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... or restrictive lung
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... rare idiopathic lung ... syndrome (ARDS) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... respiratory distress ... syndrome) is rare ... Exclusion of other ILDs