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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... ABG And BMP Normal ... #Diagnosis #Summary ... #Nephrology #ABG ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
and Differential Diagnosis ... Start with the Anion ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • Anion Gap ... #acidosis #alkalosis
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... - non anion gap ... workup #algorithm #diagnosis ... #acidosis #alkalosis ... respiratory #bloodgas #interpretation
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... Interpretation and ... Acid-Base Pathology ... do more work = ANION ... #Alkalosis #Diagnosis
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Normal Acid-Base ... Non-reabsorbable anions ... #Algorithm #causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Anion gap metabolic ... • Normal acid-base ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Anion gap metabolic ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... the indicated causes ... of anion gap metabolic ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
wasting from other causes ... - Metabolic Alkalosis ... Non-reabsorbable anions ... - Metabolic acidosis ... #diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... (Assess GFR), ±VBG ... only if no clear cause ... Exchanges K+ for cations ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Acid-base ... Metabolic alkalosis ... nonreabsorbed anions ... #Differential #Diagnosis