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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... And BMP Normal Values ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Renal failure (uremia ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myeloid Leukemia (AML ... - Hemolytic Anemia ... • Diabetic acidosis ... endocrinology #causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... : Anemia, Arrhythmia ... : Metabolic acidosis ... #Causes #Differential
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Non-ACS Myocardial ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm • Chronic ... Shock, Hypoxemia, Anemia ... Metabolic (ie acidosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... to bolus these values ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... #Elevation #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... dysfunction • PSC ... Cardiopulmonary disease/AMI ... appendages • FMF ... #Causes #Differential
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity - A low value ... If the value is ... Haptoglobin - Low as ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... Diagnosis ECF ... respiratory acidosis ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
breathing system valves ... toxicity (→ 3-10) Acidosis ... anaesthesia #CardiacArrest ... #Checklist #Differential ... #Management #Workup
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... that a one-off value ... normal/high - Chronic ... As with many disease ... #workup #hematology