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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 ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Hypothyroidism, Stress ... UNa > 20: • Acute ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #nephrology
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... ILD #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... #differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... symptomatology Differential ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Patients With Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome JAMA ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
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
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
Hyponatremia - Differential ... cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome ... Stress, Nausea, ... Pulmonary Diseases ... Algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Syndrome #Berlin ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Infections (CMV, strep ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Differential #