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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... the underlying cause ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Patients With Acute ... Syndrome JAMA ... increased 28-day all-cause ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Distress #Syndrome ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura in severe cases ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... #differential #
Therapy Options in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Lung Protection  #CriticalCare #ARDS #Pulmnology #clinical #ICU
Therapy Options in Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome - Lung ... Protection #CriticalCare ... #ARDS #Pulmnology
Therapy Options in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Paralytic  #CriticalCare #ARDS #Pulmnology #clinical #ICU #Lung
Therapy Options in Acute ... Syndrome - Paralytic ... #CriticalCare ... #ARDS #Pulmnology ... clinical #ICU #Lung
Therapy Options in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Proning  #CriticalCare #ARDS #Pulmnology #clinical #ICU #Lung
Therapy Options in Acute ... Syndrome - Proning ... #CriticalCare ... #ARDS #Pulmnology ... clinical #ICU #Lung
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... • Diffuse Lung ... Disease • Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... ILD #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential