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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... be detected on CT ... objective assessment“ (e.g
Evaluation of mechanical valves of Total Artificial Heart with no contrast
This is a cardiac CT with
This is a cardiac CT ... has no heart, we ECG-gated ... with an ECG simulator ... CardiacCT #CCTA #CTS #clinical ... #radiology #cardiology
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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
, Symptoms and Management ... Clinical Presentation ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management ... #Cardiology #Staging
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
85% of predicted value ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... Echocardiogram STEMI ... on EKG: check the ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical
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Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... Crazy #Paving #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
dystrophy - Brain stem ... Serologic and EMG ... - Peek sign ... Imaging - CT Chest ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... Management: • ... • Vasculitis (e.g
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... not be subtle e.g ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management