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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... Syndrome #ARDS #Summary ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Sign on Chest CT ... #Pleura #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Chicago disease - Summary ... inoculation • Clinical ... small pleural effusions ... presentation of TB, lung ... #management #summary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... Other tests: • CT ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... or pulmonary angiography
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Summary Lung ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Summary Epidemiology ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... involvement - CT ... #Management #Summary
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... lung scanning showing ... Vessels Thrombi ... Vessels Thrombi ... #management
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... a repeat chest CT ... malignancy, clinical ... Management options ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... explained by pleural effusions ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis