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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 ... increased pulmonary vascular ... Management ● Early ... #CriticalCare
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... + Biological inflammation ... abnormalities • Muscular ... #diagnosis #management
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... ​• Inflammation ... chills, anorexia, ARDS ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... intrapulmonary vascular ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Intra-pulmonary vascular ... #treatment #hepatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
associated with inflammation ... association • M > F Clinical ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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from subclinical disease ... Symptoms of chronic inflammation ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... AIH #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hepatology
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
by progressive inflammation ... management. ... remain subject to clinical ... Cholangitis #diagnosis #management ... #summary #Hepatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
to widespread inflammation ... fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... joint pain and inflammation ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... loss of teeth • Muscular ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
or dilated) • Valvular ... heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... Hypertensive heart disease ... Avoid ARBs • ICD