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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
obstruction • COPD ... Vomiting D - Diarrhea ... MD @nickmmark #acidbase ... #workup #algorithm ... #diagnosis #acidosis
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... workup for alternate ... diagnoses and relevant ... Lung US, Echo, LE ... #AECOPD #Algorithm
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... : - Diarrhea ... lung disease (COPD ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
and Differential Diagnosis ... delta/delta) to see ... Now, look at the gas ... for acid/base, a VBG ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Workup ... or VBG - Calculate ... Loss of HCO3 - Diarrhea ... #Workup #nephrology
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... need to do more work ... = ANION GAP - ... MSc @AmyChung #AcidBase ... #Alkalosis #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... reabsorption) Workup ... (Assess GFR), ±VBG ... and Elimination (see ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... rx first and dx second ... some time, let’s see ... As with many disease ... #Algorithm #workup