25 results
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Syndrome (ARDS) ... week of a known clinical ... edema must be present ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD ... • CHF • Sarcoidosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
SyndromeARDS ... : Clinical Cheat ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS ... #ARDS #Summary
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
transfusion • Criteria: ARDS ... other cause of ARDS ... to explain symptoms ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... edema) • Fever
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Acute respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... pulmonary edema ... pulmonary edema ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary ... #Edema #AlveolarEdema
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis or LIP is uncommon, being seen mainly in patients with autoimmune disease, particularly
patients with AIDS ... Symptoms are nonspecific ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LymphocyticInterstitialPneumonitis ... #LIP #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Syndrome (ARDS) ... Chest imaging ... present - Mild ... #CriticalCare #ARDS ... #Syndrome #Berlin
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
 •
DDx: PAP, pulm edema ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
edema: cardiac, ... permeability (ARDS ... edema (6): - Normal ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular