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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... : Clinical Cheat ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... cause such as trauma
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... be present on a chest ... computed tomographic (CT ... #Acute #Respiratory ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Respiratory ... Sarcoidosis • Bronchiectasis ... #CT #Patterns #
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... on Chest CT • Parallel ... #Track #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #clinical
Signet Ring Sign on Chest CT
 • Prominently dilated airway compared to its accompanying pulm vessel.
on Chest CT • ... • DDx: Bronchiectasis ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Findings in the Trauma ... Implications Respiratory ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... #chestxray #trauma ... #diagnosis #signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... Urine Histo Ag, Respiratory ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... common causes of acute ... or ARDS (aspiration ... infiltrates on chest ... Embolism: • Acute
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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Crazy Paving on Chest ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... Crazy #Paving #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #clinical