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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... , inflammatory lung ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... detected on CT or CXR
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
Persistence of clinically ... Polio virus Type ... How long do nosocomial ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases ... contagiousness #COVID19
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
COVID-19 Lung POCUS 

This is a POCUS of a patient with COVID-19.
No prior pulmonary disease; had
COVID-19 Lung POCUS ... No prior pulmonary ... CXR: diffuse interstitial ... POCUS #Subpleural #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound
COVID-19 - Subpleural Consolidations on Lung POCUS

Doing daily POCUS LUS for ICU COVID-19 patients in Singapore
Consolidations on Lung ... Helps with management ... valuable PPEs, reduce CXRs ... #clinical #lung ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
anaerobic conditions Clinical ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... 9%, up to 20% lung ... Nocardia #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management