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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Distress Syndrome ... failure not explained ... Distress #Acute #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
- Brain stem/Cranial ... nerve pathology ... - Repetitive nerve ... failure - Can ... #management #neurology
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's diagnosis ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... -BiPAP should never ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... #criticalcare # ... algorithm #treatment ... #management
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... Switch (BPD-DS) Management ... Bariatric Intestinal Failure ... Surgery: • Dumping Syndrome ... Bariatric #Surgery #Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
extremity, facial, respiratory ... patients) • Respiratory ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... overload with heart failure ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
conditions • Anorexia nervosa ... decompensation (CHF) • Respiratory ... failure (volume ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... CCB, BB, BRASH syndrome ... cytokine release syndrome ... Undifferentiated #Shock #diagnosis ... #criticalcare
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
immune cells of the nervous ... failure Diagnosis ... column Treatment ... activity between nerve ... #management