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Acid Base Disorders - Formulas for appropriate metabolic and respiratory compensation

- Dr Amith Sreedharan - Consultant
Acid Base Disorders ... - Formulas for ... appropriate metabolic ... and respiratory ... #Winters #Diagnosis
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... Gas Analysis 1. ... - anion gap metabolic ... #algorithm #diagnosis ... #respiratory #bloodgas
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Base Disorders ... Now, look at the gas ... done by using formulas ... #Base #Disorders ... #Evaluation #workup
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Acid-Base Disorders ... HCO3 + 8 ± 2 (Winter ... ’s formula) or ... #Base #AcidBase ... #Metabolic #Respiratory
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Respiratory or Metabolic ... #AcidBase #disorders ... Nephrology #ABG #bloodgas ... #Acid #Base #Gas
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 ... need to do more work ... Interpretation #BloodGas ... #Respiratory #Metabolic