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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
– ARDS: Clinical ... Cheat Sheet ... detected on CT or CXR ... cause such as trauma ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... heart (2-5%), liver ... : ACUTE, fever,
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
globules in the lung ... days after an acute ... • Diagnosis: ... H/O antecedent trauma ... #Emergencies #diagnosis
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... Low serum IgG level ... #management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... (elevations of liver ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
, interstitial lung ... disease and lung ... Seen in liver disease ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
diagnosis; the ... , orient in line ... on long axis with ... course based on chest ... #trauma
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Biologic: 2nd or 3rd line ... #Management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
trauma are diagnosed ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... bleeding often from a liver ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung