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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... increased pulmonary vascular ... with pulmonary edema ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Typical symptoms ... HF → no signs of ... CXR congestion. ... #management #cardiology
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
involvement, with “white lung ... normal-sized heart and vascular ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Sign on Chest CT ... DDx: pna, pulm edema ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
ischemic changes CXR ... • Pulmonary vascular ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... lung injury (TRALI ... #cardiology
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... with pulmonary edema ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... can suggest the diagnosis ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
permeability (ARDS ... The vascular pedicle ... permeability or acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
to explain symptoms ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... At least 3 of (Acute ... fluid balance, and CXR ... with pulmonary edema
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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DDx: PAP, pulm edema ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical