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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Disorders - Evaluation ... Start with the Anion ... Do you need an ABG ... an ABG by adding ... #acidosis #alkalosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... ABG And BMP Normal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #AcidBase #disorders ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... - Diagnosis and ... no respiratory cause ... , Respiratory Alkalosis ... High Lactate, Low Potassium
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Anion gap metabolic ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... the indicated causes ... of sodium and potassium ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Acid-base ... Metabolic alkalosis ... Barium toxicity: ... nonreabsorbed anions ... #Differential #Diagnosis