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Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... pleura in severe cases ... severity Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... symptoms must have ... week of a known clinical ... new or worsening symptoms ... #Distress #Syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... the underlying cause
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
Physical Exam The case ... Symptoms occur when ... observe how the respiratory ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
X-ray and lung ultrasound ... or TSH level if symptoms ... mild-moderate respiratory ... distress or tachypnea ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... preceding upper respiratory ... virus or Group A Strep ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... gradually with symptoms ... Improvement in symptoms ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... resolution of symptoms ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... extremity, facial, respiratory ... than one after symptom ... #diagnosis #management