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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... Berlin criteria ... be detected on CT ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... consistent with pulmonary ... be present on a chest ... computed tomographic (CT ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
Lung Findings on Chest ... CT 1. ... ARDS 3. ... #ChestCT #radiology ... #CTChest #diagnosis
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... on imaging (eg. chest ... chest CT, or ultrasound ... #Criteria #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
may aid in the diagnosis ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... EmergencyMedicine #CriticalCare ... #Radiology #Cardiology
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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Crazy Paving on Chest ... CT • Thickened ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TTE +/- TEE) • Chest ... CT scan, if suspect ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... change CV risk Chest ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
nodules Previous chest ... Management of indeterminate ... definitive tissue diagnosis ... #Management #Radiology ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
this stage, the pulmonary ... are present on CT ... Giuseppe Citerio ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis ... #Management #SARSCOV2