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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... acidosis Step 5 - Differential ... of Metabolic Alkalosis ... with pulmonary embolism ... #differential
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism ... Myxedema Coma, Metabolic ... Alkalosis • Shunt ... #Diagnosis #causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Metabolic Alkalosis ... in the proximal tubule ... the indicated causes ... #Metabolic #Alkalosis ... Algorithm #nephrology #differential
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... after fasting #Metabolic ... #Alkalosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Elevation - Differential ... complex Pulmonary Embolism ... voltage Other Causes ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... failure, Pulmonary embolism ... Recovery from metabolic ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
impairs heart metabolism ... , selenium) Differential ... Pulmonary/amniotic embolism ... Rule out other causes ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram