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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... • Radiation pneumonitis ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... Berlin criteria ... consistent with pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... Distress Syndrome ... lobar collapse, lung ... : - Mild - ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Patients With Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... moderate to severe ARDS ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
effusions, lobar/lung ... hydrostatic edema if no risk ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #ARDS #Acute #Respiratory ... Berlin #Definition #Criteria
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria ... Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... have pre-existing mild ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... rare idiopathic lung ... respiratory distress syndrome ... (ARDS). ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... lupus pneumonitis ... CNS • Headache, mild ... Thrombosis highest risk