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Therapy Options in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome #CriticalCare #ARDS #Pulmnology #clinical #ICU
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome #CriticalCare ... Pulmnology #clinical #ICU
Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome Network ... #Management #CriticalCare ... : Marino's The ICU
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... No Objective Weakness ... • Cardio-pulmonary ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... #Neurology #Differential
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce the
acute respiratory distress ... syndrome Conclusion ... ventilation and ICU ... VisualAbstract #Pulmonary ... #EBM #CriticalCare
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome ... Domain: Generalized weakness ... IntensiveCare #Syndrome ... diagnosis #management #criticalcare ... #icu
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndrome Definition ... Renal Syndromes ... , biopsy By Tess ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Stroke Territory Localization and Blood Vessel Supply
ACA (Anterior Cerebral Artery)
 - Leg weakness/numbness
MCA Superior Divison
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Artery) - Leg weakness ... Aphasia - No weakness ... Global Aphasia ICA ... #localization #neurology
Brown-Sequard syndrome

It is a rare neurological condition characterized by a lesion in the spinal cord which
Brown-Sequard syndrome ... which results in weakness ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... Lambert-Eaton - Isaacs' syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome ... Stress, Nausea, ... Pulmonary Diseases ... Algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology