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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... injury, leading ... objective assessment“ (e.g ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
In ARDS, we know ... , lung injury may ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #respiratory #clinical
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... level <100 pg/ml EKG ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... lung injury (TRALI ... #differential #diagnosis
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Definition of Acute ... effusions, lobar/lung ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... ARDS #Acute #Respiratory
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Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... injury • Indirect ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... pleural effusions • Acute ... acute respiratory
PseudoARDS-Effusion Pattern

PseudoARDS-effusion refers to a patient with bilateral infiltrates who seems to have ARDS, but whose
seems to have ARDS ... admixture of true lung ... plus effusions (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... ChestCT #PseudoARDS #Comparison
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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Culture (+): Acute ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
TRALI Diagnostic ... Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... edema on imaging (eg ... evidence of left atrial ... Criteria #pulmonary #criticalcare
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury