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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... injury, leading ... Berlin criteria ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS ... pp65 antigenemia test ... of blindness in AIDS ... Cytomegalovirus #CMV #HIV #AIDS ... #signs #symptoms
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
 
The USPSTF recommends
A decision aid for ... or symptoms of ... lung cancer (diagnostic ... or symptoms of ... LungCancer #Screening #Criteria
A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
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The USPSTF
A decision aid for ... or symptoms of ... lung cancer (diagnostic ... or symptoms of ... LungCancer #Screening #Criteria
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... capillaries • Criteria ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... or serologies + symptoms ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
this stage, the pulmonary ... magnitude of severe ARDS ... , as in severe ARDS ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis ... #Management #SARSCOV2
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
injury • Indirect ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... gradually with symptoms ... Improvement in symptoms ... #diagnosis #management