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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Anion gap? ... starvation, diabetic) Causes ... Acetazolamide Causes ... - Salicylates Causes ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase
Unmeasured Anions Associated with an Elevated Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis

#Unmeasured #Anions #Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Diagnosis
Unmeasured Anions ... with an Elevated Anion ... #Unmeasured #Anions ... #Differential #Causes
PLACO Mnemonic - Approach to Acid-Base Disorders
P - Determine the pH
L - Labs: PCO2 & HCO3
A
A - Calculate Anion ... jadav_md #PLACO #AcidBase
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acidosis - non anion ... metabolic acidosis - anion ... MD @nickmmark #acidbase
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis - Gap and Non-Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Elevated Anion Gap
Causes of Metabolic ... Algorithm • Elevated Anion ... H+) • Normal Anion ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Cat Mudpiles - Causes of high anion-gap metabolic acidosis

#CATMUDPILES #AnionGap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Mnemonic #Diagnosis #MUDPILECATS
Cat Mudpiles - Causes ... of high anion-gap
Low Anion Gap - Various causes and mechanisms of a Low Anion Gap
 • Hypoalbuminemia (1gm
Low Anion Gap - ... Various causes and ... mechanisms of a Low Anion ... to 2.5 for the anion ... Low #AnionGap #causes
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA): refers to a group of conditions all of which cause the same
conditions all of which cause ... that has a normal anion ... different types/causes
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
to 30% of DKA cases ... and significant anion ... ketoacidosis include nausea ... the increase in anion ... gap closes and
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Causes of Metabolic ... with Elevated Anion ... Need to correct anion ... add 2.5 to the anion ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes