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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
toxicity (e.g., acute ... respiratory distress ... syndrome) is rare ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... #diagnosis #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
for Refeeding Syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare ... #foamed
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
effusions, lobar/lung ... present - Mild ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... #Distress #Syndrome
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It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... coronary syndrome ... #algorithm #management ... treatment #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
(AIP, earlier named ... rare idiopathic lung ... syndrome (ARDS) ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD