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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Disorders - Blood Gas ... Steps for Blood Gas ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Acetazolamide Causes ... - Salicylates Causes
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... Psychogenic #Emesis ... #Vomiting #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Gastrointestinal (Vomiting ... , Gitelman syndrome ... effect) • Normal gap ... acidosis • Anion gap ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathies
C - HyperCalcemia- calcium > 11 mg/dL / >1 mg/dL the ULN
R
40 ml/min A - Anemia ... Look for gamma gap ... Causes of false- ... amyloidosis Other causes ... plasmacytoma, POEMs syndrome
Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Upper Gastrointestinal - Acute
 • Infectious Gastroenteritis
 • Gastric/Duodenal Obstruction
Nausea and Vomiting ... - Differential ... Psychogenic #Nausea ... #Vomiting #emesis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
effect Normal gap ... acidosis Anion gap ... In a normal gap ... the indicated causes ... of anion gap metabolic
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... skin that are caused ... Out Secondary Causes ... blood count with differential ... diagnosis #hematology #oncology
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
(-) hemolytic anemia ... Pseudohyponatremia • ↓anion gap ... Thrombosis in vascular beds-renal ... Hematology #Monoclonal #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Oncology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
•
Albumin > 4) Work-up ... Causes of Monoclonal ... amyloidosis Causes ... • Other causes ... reactants will cause
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
by 24 hours or longer ... edema visualized as ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... until cause identified