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ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
ABG vs VBG: Arterial ... vs Venous Blood ... Gases ABG PROS ... arterial environment ... Comparison #pH #pCO2 #Diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Stroke Volume / Arterial ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... • Infective Endocarditis ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH) on Echocardiogram

55 year old female.  Amazing how the body adapts
Idiopathic Pulmonary ... Arterial Hypertension ... (IPAH) on Echocardiogram ... #Arterial #Hypertension ... #cardiology #a4c
Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
oxygen dissolved in arterial ... hemoglobin in arterial ... content of arterial ... blood (the most ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... Prosthetic valve • Endocarditis ... Non-atherosclerotic: Arterial ... Migraine-induced Blood ... #causes
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... to neurologic injury ... • Occurs when blood ... shunting (eg, atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
Arterial Hypertension ... Pulmonary arterial ... This case illustrates ... #Arterial #Hypertension ... clinical #cardiology #s4c
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
arterial hypertension ... other obvious causes ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... - Mechanism: causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
diastole —> severe atrial ... this degree of atrial ... Though this case ... mistake to avoid: atrial ... #cardiology #a4c
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... pulmonary blood-gas ... Traumatic brain injury ... evidence of left atrial ... spiral arteries