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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
leading to increased pulmonary ... Berlin criteria ... consistent with pulmonary ... the underlying cause ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
and Management ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... Intermittent diarrhea ... Oculomasticatory/oculo-facial-skeletal ... #algorithm #management
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
GAS in 30% of cases ... Criteria: • Isolation ... kidneys, liver, lung ... /ARDS, coagulopathy ... STSS #treatment #management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... pain, chronic diarrhea ... vomiting, and diarrhea ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... • Reticular + Nodular ... #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... criteria, but the ... be present: • AIDS ... skin lesions, ocular ... #Management