Ards misc
title: ARDS Misc tags: #FFICM notebook: 🌑-FFICM type: inprogress
source: mcqs-and-sbas-in-intensive-care-medicine-oxford-higher-special-training
| Flashcard | type:basic |
|---|---|
| Do you have to see bilateral opacities on chest x ray to get diagnosed with ARDS? | No - it can be on CT also (but you do need bilateral opacities) |
| Do you have to exclude cardiac failure to have diagnose ARDS? | No, it's just the resp failure can't be FULLY explained by cardiac failure. You are allowed a bit of failure |
| When should ARDS occur to meet the diagnosis? | Within 7 days of a given insult |
| Is the Berlin definition any better than the old American-European Consensus definition? | Yes, but not by much at all |
| How accurate is the Berlin criteria for ARDS in predicting mortality? (In terms of Area Under the Curve) | 0.577 ! (Barely better than coin toss) |