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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... (AG) = {Na - (Cl ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... acidosis: - CNS ... , Myasthenia gravis
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
McConnell Sign" c/w acute ... right heart strain ... Diagnosis concerning ... for Pulmonary Embolism ... #clinical #ultrasound
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

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

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Diagnosis Framework ... disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... etc) • CNS -> ... Impairment: • Acute ... Postsynaptic: Myasthenia Gravis
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Common clinical ... Symptoms: • Acute ... k_vaishnani and Ravi ... Singh @rav7ks #CNS
Right Heart Strain on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber

To differentiate acute from chronic right heart
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Chamber To differentiate ... acute from chronic ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... five major clinical ... of clinical specimens ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: •
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
patients w/ different diagnoses ... right heart strain ... related to pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... cardiac output - Acute ... pulmonary edema ... peritonitis - Acute
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

Here's the bedside Echo of an 8-week-old boy who presented to
to the ER with acute ... (This causes ↑ strain ... Venous #Return #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Clinical ... #A4C