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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Syndrome #Berlin ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome – ARDS ... Berlin criteria ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... #differential # ... diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... Crack cocaine, Heroin ... polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management Differential ... , Flash Pulmonary ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis ... #differential # ... pulmonary #causes
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... syndrome (ARDS) ... Transfusion-related acute lung ... edema (Traumatic brain
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
effusions, lobar/lung ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... #Syndrome #Berlin ... #Definition #Criteria
Differential Diagnosis for Concurrent Brain and Lung Infections
 • Bacteria: Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Differential Diagnosis ... and Lung Infections ... • Bacteria: Strep ... spp, Lemierre syndrome ... #Lung #Infections