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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Respiratory #Distress
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... • ↑ Mechanical stress ... caused by a rigid chest ... Increased mechanical stress ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
QT Syndrome: Illness ... noises or emotional stress ... family history) Treatment ... Congenital #LongQT #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary ... Acute respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... Transfusion-related acute lung ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... in cardiogenic pulmonary ... causing acute distress ... Revascularization, treatment ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... starting amiodarone treatment ... acute respiratory distress ... syndrome) is rare ... macrophages Treatment
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 ... unless prior heart/lung ... thoracic surgery Stress ... , preoperative stress
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
adult respiratory distress ... syndrome and pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... acute respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #