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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... : Clinical Cheat ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome #ARDS
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
his trunk and arms ... #Clinical #Derm ... #EM #Radiology # ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... chills, anorexia, ARDS ... jaundice ​• Neuro: AMS ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... should be based on clinical ... enhancement on CT ... • Symptoms: AMS ... #AIDS #opportunistic
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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Paving on Chest CT ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #Paving #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... pneumonia (PJP), MAI ... • CT: Halo sign ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #differential #diagnosis
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
hematuria, H/A. diagnosis ... inclusions, improved clinically ... common in NY, NJ, CT ... complications: ARDS ... babesia #microti #clinical
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
pressures in both arms ... made by a CT scan ... The diagnosis can ... Maghsoudi - Ali ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #clinical