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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Berlin criteria ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... #Management #CriticalCare
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Criteria Acute ... imaging technique (CT ... CMR). ... first episode of acute ... #criteria #cardiology
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... for Acute Respiratory ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
Hampton hump is a radiologic ... may aid in the diagnosis ... confirmed with chest CT ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine ... #CriticalCare #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... At least 3 of (Acute ... fluid balance, and CXR ... with pulmonary ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... chronic illness, clinical ... a patient with acute ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
Sign on Chest CT ... attenuation • DDx: sub-acute ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... with presence of pulmonary ... Cardiac cath if acute ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... eg. chest chest CT ... #Criteria #pulmonary ... #criticalcare