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Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
from metabolic acidosis ... Acidosis A. ... Myasthenia, Muscular dystrophies ... respiratory #acidbase #acidosis
Causes of Failure to Thrive - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adequate Calorie Consumption
 - Increased Losses:
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... • Structural Dystrophies
Comparison of Common Muscular Dystrophies and Anesthesia Implications:
Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Guillain Barre 

 - Mark
Common Muscular Dystrophies ... #Muscular #Dystrophies
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
are they more acidotic ... Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... : Lactic Acidosis ... Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... • Respiratory Acidosis
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation
 • AG/non-AG Metabolic Acidosis
 • AG Acidosis "Delta/Delta"
 • Metabolic Alkalosis
non-AG Metabolic Acidosis ... • AG Acidosis ... • Respiratory Acidosis ... diagnosis #acidbase #acidosis
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis - Metabolic + Respiratory Acidosis + Alkalosis

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
+ Respiratory Acidosis ... ↓ - Metabolic acidosis ... - Respiratory acidosis ... #Compensation #acidosis
Blood Gas Analysis and Interpretation
STEPS TO ANALYSIS
1. Look at PH. Alkalotic or acidotic?
Alkalotic or acidotic ... - If acidotic ... then it is an acidosis ... - alkalotic or acidotic ... - alkalotic or acidotic
Renal Tubular Disorders

 • Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type 1)
 • Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... Renal Tubular Acidosis ... Renal Tubular Acidosis ... Renal #Tubular #Acidosis
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Respiratory Acidosis
 • Respiratory Alkalosis
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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• Respiratory Acidosis ... • Metabolic Acidosis ... differential #diagnosis #acidosis
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
gravis • Muscular dystrophies