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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... detected on CT or CXR ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... Behcet disease) Differential ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Abscess Differential
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Extrapulmonary: ankle arthritis ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... polychondritis - Relapsing, bilateral ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... subdural hematoma, lung
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Giant cell arteritis ... very remarkable w/differential ... day, followed by long ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Complications - Differential ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... RDS) • Chronic Lung ... Persistent Ductus Arteriosis ... Impairments (NDI) Ophthalmology