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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... be present on a chest ... #Respiratory #Distress
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Artery Disease • Stable ... Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Interstitium • ILD
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• ↑ Mechanical stress ... caused by a rigid chest ... edema in acute ... Increased mechanical stress ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
respiratory distress ... syndrome) is rare ... Pleuritic chest ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... reticular opacities on chest
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... Chest imaging ... present - Mild ... #Respiratory #Distress
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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
to determine if stress ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest ... thoracic surgery Stress ... , preoperative stress
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
of breath and chest ... a punch to the chest ... assault where a chest ... distress. ... #Radiology #CTChest