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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome
Chronic, indwelling catheter + bacteriuria (Providencia, Klebsiella, E.coli*) + alkaline urine
Tryptophan → Indoxyl
Purple Urine Bag ... Purple #Urine #Bag ... pathophysiology #clinical ... #photo #differential
How much sodium is in 1 Liter of Normal Saline? In Bags if Potato Chips
In Bags if Potato ... mg Na A 1 oz. bag ... much sodium as 20 bags ... Carmody @jbcarmody #bags ... nephrology #sodium #comparison
What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
VBG vs ABG BOTTOM ... obtained than ABG ... EBM #Diagnosis #ABG ... Differences #Versus #Comparison
Venous Oxygen Saturation to qualify reliability of VBGs
#Diagnosis #VBG #ABG #Saturation #Conversion #Reliability #Comparison
Diagnosis #VBG #ABG ... #Reliability #Comparison
ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
ABG vs VBG: Arterial ... Blood Gases ABG ... serial exams #ABG ... #Correlation #Comparison
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
cut-offs defined in clinical ... should not increase BDG ... plasmalyte for BAL ... causing positive BAL ... Galactomannan #diagnosis #comparison
Purple Urine Bag Syndrome

#Clinical #Photo #PUBS #Purple #Urine #Bag #Syndrome #Colored
Purple Urine Bag ... Syndrome #Clinical ... #Photo #PUBS #Purple ... #Urine #Bag #Syndrome
Purple Urine Bag Syndrome 
#Clinical #Photo #PUBS #Purple #Urine #Bag #Syndrome #Colored
Purple Urine Bag ... Syndrome #Clinical ... #Photo #PUBS #Purple ... #Urine #Bag #Syndrome
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
TTP VS HUS Big ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison
Oxygen Saturation - Measurement Techniques and Limitations
 • Sp02 - Cutaneous pulse oximeter
 • SaO2 Calculated
Point-of-care handheld ABG ... pulmonary #diagnosis #comparison