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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... Cheat Sheet An acute ... criteria (2013) ● Acute ... Visualmed #Acute
Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
warriors") • Acute ... Thompson calf squeeze test ... TendonRupture #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... pathophysiology #msk
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
• A lack of acute ... Etiology: • Acute ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... Transfusion-related acute ... lung injury (TRALI
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Look for other signs ... blood flow, Kerley ... patients, who have an acute ... infection, ARDS ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
common causes of acute ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... Embolism: • Acute
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
of high parity blood ... transfusion • Criteria: ARDS ... other cause of ARDS ... At least 3 of (Acute ... with pulmonary
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... pressure: systolic blood ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... effusions). 1/5 pts w/ acute ... CXR congestion.
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 ... abnormal in adults • Blood
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
injury • Indirect ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... gradually with symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
e.g. incidental CXR ... and progressive Acute ... rarely preceded by acute ... Löfgren syndrome: ACUTE ... #Management #Signs