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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Base and Blood Gas ... pH - What’s the primary ... Vomiting D - Diarrhea ... acidbase #workup #algorithm ... #respiratory #bloodgas
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Urinary Chloride ... Congenital chloride diarrhea ... acidosis: Chronic diarrhea ... #causes #urinary
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Disorders - Blood Gas ... Steps for Blood Gas ... Compensation, Acute vs ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Nephrology #ABG #bloodgas
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
- Urinary Chloride ... Algorithm Cl- ... the indicated causes ... #Urinary #Chloride ... #urine #Algorithm
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm ... complications such as ... Laxative use • Diarrhea ... mEq/g suggests urinary ... - Metabolic Alkalosis
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Metabolic alkalosis ... NGT suction - Diarrhea ... Hypotension • AMS ... decarboxylation/gas
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... an underlying cause ... some time, let’s see ... about secondary causes ... As with many disease
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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• Presents as ... • Symptoms of primary ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... 14%), in which case ... • New onset SLE
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... is different (see ... HINTS testing has ... disposition, even if the cause ... nervous system; PCP, primary