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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 ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... + Biological inflammation ... Differential Diaqnoses ... 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 ... #management #Bartonella
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Pathophysiology: • Immune ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... to nerve root inflammation ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
, cholestatic, immune-mediated ... by progressive inflammation ... asymptomatic at diagnosis ... management. ... remain subject to clinical
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 ... #management #signs
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... context of primary immune ... PLT • Anemia of inflammation ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an immune ... results in CNS inflammation ... • Immune Mediated ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... #management #neurology
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... impaired cellular immune ... , Advanced HIV/AIDS ... , CGD) Clinical ... vori Infectious Diseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... manifestations of inflammation ... initiation Clinical ... #Management