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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
(AG). 2) Next, ... expected based on the AG ... the change in AG ... Do you need an ABG ... #Evaluation #workup
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... (AG) = {Na - (Cl ... restrictive lung disease ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase ... #VBG #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders ... #Workup #causes ... #Differential #
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... IgG, IgM (CVID, WAS ... ), (neurologic/psychiatric ... changes), high MCV anemia
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
: • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis ... : • Valvular disorders ... iron deficiency anemia ... PP and systolic hypertension ... coronary heart disease
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
Hippocrates in 5 BC as ... fever, chills, hypotension ... hemochromatosis, hemolytic anemia ... immunosuppressive meds ... transferrin Early abx
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
a group of disorders ... formed or don’t work ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Workup: • Complete ... blood count with differential
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
million - rare • Age ... and pernicious anemia ... Ab (>1000u/ml) ... antibody that works ... Management #treatment #neurology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Band neutrophils are ... Cell population has ... • Autoimmune diseases ... bacteremia and hypotension ... #differential #
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension ... Shock, Severe Anemia ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... AG acidosis with