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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... deformity (facial trauma ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #indications #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... cause such as trauma ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... nodules ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... irregular lines, nodular ... , cavities • HRCT ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... #ILD #diagnosis
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
while causing significant ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory ... #clinical
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
centrilobular nodules ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... : • HRCT (high-resolution
Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
noted after chest trauma ... surgery or certain pulmonary ... #clinical #video ... #thoracic #trauma ... #physicalexam #respiratory
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... nodules and masses ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... • Reticular + Nodular ... confirmatory findings on HRCT
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
POCUS - What’s the diagnosis ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... #video #POCUS # ... pulmonary #respiratory ... #Chest #Lung
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
revealed multiple pulmonary ... nodules (Panel ... with the use of video-assisted ... patient received a diagnosis ... #NEJM #clinical