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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... congestion with hypoxemia ... the underlying cause ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Causes of Lactate ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... consistent with pulmonary ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Arrest, Severe Hypoxemia ... Ischemia, Compartment Syndrome ... PRIS), Valproic Acid ... in Short Bowel Syndrome ... #criticalcare #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Causes of Intrauterine ... • Turner syndrome ... Drugs - Maternal Hypoxemia ... • Pulmonary ... • Folic acid
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... for bacteria and Acid ... #differential #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... of Respiratory Acid-Base ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #causes
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... (fever, cough, hypoxia ... , and pulmonary ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Phos, high uric acid ... Treat underlying cause ... : fever, rash, hypoxia ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis