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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
And BMP Normal Values ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Renal failure (uremia ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... Nephrology #ABG #bloodgas
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
HELLP - Grafts, Valves ... , AS - HTN/Pre-eclampsia ... Drug-associated, PCH ... Defects: Sickle cell anemia ... Haptoglobin ↓ - Lactate
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
causes are listed as ... uptake by cells as ... to bolus these values ... as we somehow equate ... and can act as
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
If the value is ... Haptoglobin - Low as ... elevation Serum lactate ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Shock, Severe Anemia ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... Overgrowth • Presents as ... as it requires
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lymphoid (ALL) - PAS ... T-cell - CD7, CD3 Chronic ... Pelger-Huet, Macrocytic anemia ... Myelofibrosis (MF
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... dysfunction • PSC ... malignancy • Lactase ... appendages • FMF ... #Causes #Differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
• Symptoms of anemia ... anemia • Cold ... Hyperbilirubinemia • Elevated lactate ... younger pts) Differential ... Disorders Such As
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... variants of GBS ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Serologic and EMG ... inhibition - Chronic
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