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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
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... for Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... : - 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 ... increased 28-day all-cause ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... macrophages in alveolar ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... characterized by diffuse alveolar ... respiratory distress syndrome ... (ARDS). ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
hydrostatic edema if no risk ... present - Mild ... #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
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... phagocytic function of alveolar ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... #pulmonary #differential