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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome – ARDS ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Infection
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura in severe cases ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome JAMA ... increased 28-day all-cause ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... GAS in 30% of cases ... kidneys, liver, lung ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious ... #management #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Aeruginosa - Strep ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... differential #diagnosis #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
acute respiratory distress ... syndrome) is rare ... Exclude other causes ... failure - Infectious ... #diagnosis #management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... cardiac output causes ... • PULMONARY A ... testing #diagnosis #criticalcare ... comparison #challenges #management