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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... leading to increased pulmonary ... Berlin criteria ... edema must be present ... be detected on CT
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... week of a known clinical ... edema must be present ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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DDx: PAP, pulm edema ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... tolerance, and ankle ... : weight gain, lung ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... anterior/posterior MSK
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
proximal weakness, arms ... Myotonic dystrophy - Brain ... Imaging - CT Chest ... aspiration and acute ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management