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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
(AG) = {Na - (Cl ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... #Nephrology #ABG ... #VBG #differential
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Catheterization – Use and Interpretation ... catheterization (PAC) has ... However, when the diagnosis ... or the type of shock ... #NormalValues #Differential
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
venous return (as ... as distributive ... is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... AS), Dynamic Hyperinflation ... #diagnosis #differential ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Cardiogenic & Septic Shock ... AG acidosis with ... Lactic #Acidosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
pathophysiology CLINICAL ... then alveolar gas ... indicate: - Shock ... #Capnography #interpretation ... #patterns #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... a clinical prognostic ... output - Acute pulmonary ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #diagnosis #differential ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... Cell population has ... science/article/abs ... hypotension or septic shock ... #Bandemia #differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ab to AChR blocks ... life-threatening Differential ... Miller Fischer and PCB ... variants of GBS ... myasthenia Diagnosis