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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Anion gap? ... And BMP Normal Values ... Step 4 - Anion gap ... Corrected Anion Gap ... of High Anion Gap
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Acidosis - Differential ... to bolus these values ... output - Acute pulmonary ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... #Differential #
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
Mild-to-moderate elevation ... Serum lactate ... WBC count and differential ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Elevated Lactate ... Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... - Prosthetic valves ... Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... Idiosyncratic LDH Elevation
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Acquired Pneumonia (CAP ... Obtain in severe CAP ... Pseudomonas) • Severe CAP ... radiographically confirmed CAP ... #Pneumonia #CAP
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... recent DAN) • EMG ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Globulin - Protein Gap ... Albumin > 4) Work-up ... Elevated Globulin Gap ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... #ProteinGap #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
and M. fortuitum can ... Hematologic malignancy ... gastrointestinal symptoms (elevations ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... NTM #Infections #differential
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
• No CRAB - no anemia ... lytic lesions • Lactate ... Bone marrow Treatment ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology