Monday 13 April 2020

Acute Lung Injury: The Berlin Definition




COVID - 19 Virus and Acute Lung Injury




52.4 % Patients of those who developed ARDS died of COVID 19



Acute Lung Injury: The Berlin Definition 


Acute Lung Injury



Diagnostic Criteria For Acute Lung Injury Published Through Time



1994 American - European Consensus Published Guidelines To Diagnose ARDS





2011 New Guidelines Drafted To Diagnose Acute Lung Injury (ARDS)

The Berlin Definition since 2011 is  used to diagnose ARDS 




The Berlin Definition

Revised Diagnosed Criteria To Diagnose ARDS 






Bilateral  Lung Opacities must be present on Chest X Ray




Current Events


                                  COVID-19 Is 10 Times Deadlier Than Swine Flu: WHO

Geneva: 
The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, also called H1N1
which caused a global pandemic in 2009, 
The World Health Organization
said on Monday, calling for control measures to be lifted "slowly"

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