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Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Algorithm - Urinary Chloride ... suction, Congenital chloride ... - Normal/low ... Bartter syndrome, Gitelman ... causes #urinary #chloride
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride ... alkalosis • Normal/low ... Bartter syndrome, Gitelman ... use The urine chloride ... Urine chloride is
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
AAA is defined as ... This AAA has an ... have claimed that POCUS ... Slow, graded compression ... Clinical #Radiology #POCUS
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride ... thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride ... alkalosis • Normal or low ... • Congenital chloride
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Decreased Intake: • Low ... - Bartter - Gitelman ... • Fatigue Chloride ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Chloride
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) during CPR on POCUS

Still not sure about intra-arrest POCUS? Here is "just
Aortic Aneurysm (AAA ... during CPR on POCUS ... Now in ED. ... Thinking now AAA ... Aortic #Aneurysm #AAA
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
syndromes - Gitelman ... Differential #Diagnosis #Low ... #Magnesium #Table
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... • SSN: Color Flow ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Map #Comparison #Table
AAA on POCUS 
The echo swirling suggests a very low pressure, almost venous. Pt without prior
AAA on POCUS The ... suggests a very low ... Vitals stable. ... AAA 10.6 cm. ... Aneurysm #Aorta #POCUS
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
GABA-mediated chloride ... GABA-mediated chloride ... also possible - Slow ... pharmacology #comparison #table