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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... week of a known clinical ... consistent with pulmonary ... be present on a chest ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Flail Chest- Check ... movement Typical management ... Pattern #Trauma #Video ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Pulmonary #Respiratory
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Cheat Sheet ... Berlin criteria ... #CriticalCare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ultrasound ... (vital signs, clinical ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TTE +/- TEE) • Chest ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... joints, spleen, brain ... Internet Book of Critical ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... and positive end-expiratory ... pressure (PEEP) for pulmonary ... #Shock #Management ... #CriticalCare
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... on imaging (eg. chest ... chest CT, or ultrasound ... , and b Stable respiratory ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... fungal stain of clinical ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... blood flow in the chest ... testing #diagnosis #criticalcare ... comparison #challenges #management