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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 ... Berlin criteria ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... week of a known clinical ... collapse, lung ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
 •
Crazy Paving on Chest ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... Crazy #Paving #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• CT: Halo sign ... and dyspnea • Lobar ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... capillaries • Criteria ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
surfactant • Aids ... Helps to Stabilise chest ... wall • Improves lung ... auscultate for signs ... ears, note any abdominal
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... wall, a chest x-ray ... consider intra-abdominal ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... 3) Abdominal, ... aches, joint pain, chest ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management