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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... known insult • Imaging ... Distress #Acute #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
paresthesias • Imaging ... dysfunction • Imaging ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... 4 weeks after starting ... stroke Tuberculous Abscess
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
(MS), Epidural abscess ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... poisoning, Scorpion sting
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... • Infection (abscess ... pain (shooting, stabbing ... #CaudaEquina #Syndrome
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Losses, Third Spacing ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
severe burns, third-spacing ... anaphylaxis, release syndrome ... table #comparison #criticalcare
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Cauda Equina Syndrome ... - Cauda equina syndrome ... Spinal infection/abscess ... studies (PVR) Imaging
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
• Acute stroke syndromes ... Infectious: Brain abscess ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... Lambert-Eaton - Isaacs' syndrome ... toxins: Steroids, Statins
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
CCB, BB, BRASH syndrome ... cytokine release syndrome ... stroke, etc), Third-Spacing ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Long-standing vs ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... artery compression syndrome