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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... : - Mild - ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... densities iin the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
Cough- A 4-year-old ... outpatient clinic with ... see source for video ... NEJM #clinical #radiology ... #respiratory
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
) Chest imaging ... effusions, lobar/lung ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... ARDS #Acute #Respiratory
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
with ARDS) or who ... have pre-existing mild ... 300), but whose respiratory ... , and b Stable respiratory ... Criteria #pulmonary #criticalcare
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
neuroexam - Oral cavity ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Lazarus Reflex on Physical Exam

The Lazarus sign is a reflex movement observed in brain-dead or brainstem
briefly raising the arms ... Long-term survival ... after brain death diagnosis ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #neurology #criticalcare