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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Do you need an ABG ... /base, a VBG approximates ... an ABG by adding ... depression, Obstructive Lung ... Disease, Neuromuscular
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
ABG And BMP Normal ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... #ABG #bloodgas ... #VBG #differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
upper lobes • Metabolic ... localized pulmonary edema ... • Metabolic diseases ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
seen in several disease ... consequence of fatty acid ... blood glucose (BG ... marked increase in BG ... Disorders #ketones #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
embolism, Pulm edema ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... DFA sputum, LDH, ABG ... Infectious Diseases
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
OTCs, herbals, abx ... Cl/urea/protein/Cr ... - CPK, uric acid ... - Pre-renal disease ... #Differential
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential ... Causes include: ... acute cardiac disease ... ischemic changes CXR ... Transfusion-related acute lung
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Dyspnea, orthopnea, edema ... impairs heart metabolism ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology