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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
obstruction • COPD, asthma ... drive • Hypoxemia ... - Contraction alkalosis ... acidbase #workup #algorithm ... #alkalosis #metabolic
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
↑ ↓ Resp Alkalosis ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... with associated hypoxia ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Acid-Base Disorders Alkalosis ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... hypoxia: High altitude ... : Obstruction, Asthma ... #alkalosis #differential