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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... pleural effusions, lobar ... #Acute #Respiratory ... #Distress #Syndrome
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... heart failure should ... cardiogram) should ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
103-104°F) • Lobar ... pneumonia • Acute ... • Acute bacterial ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... abscess • Sub-acute
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
nerve roots of lumbar ... spine • MCC- acute ... • Involves lumbar ... epidural hematoma • infections ... toon • Spinal infection
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... response preceding infection ... respiratory and bulbar ... Can begin in arms ... variants: (1) acute
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... Neoplasm with lobar ... - Chronic post-infection ... Consolidation #Acute
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Definition of Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... (ARDS) Chest ... by effusions, lobar ... #CriticalCare #ARDS
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Spine” Fusion of Lumbar ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... within 1 month of infection ... Erythematosus (SLE), should
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Bulbar- 15%: Dysphagia ... proximal weakness, arms ... Crises - Severe bulbar ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection