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Acid Base Disorders - Formulas for appropriate metabolic and respiratory compensation

- Dr Amith Sreedharan - Consultant
Acid Base Disorders ... - Formulas for ... Metabolic #Acidosis #Alkalosis ... #Compensation #Formula ... Diagnosis #Nephrology #AcidBase
Prediction of Compensatory Responses on Simple Acid-Base Disturbances

#acidbase #compensation #metabolic #respiratory #diagnosis #calculations #formulas #acidosis #alkalosis
on Simple Acid-Base ... Disturbances #acidbase ... respiratory #diagnosis #calculations ... #formulas #acidosis ... #alkalosis
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
predict GFR, these formulas ... commonly used formulas ... are shown in Table ... Neither formula ... #Formulas #Creatinine
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid Base ... more acidotic or alkalotic ... than expected based ... Generally, for acid/base ... done by using formulas
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Acid-Base Disorders ... ± 2 (Winter’s formula ... 1.2 Metabolic Alkalosis ... ↓ 4 #Acid #Base ... #AcidBase #Disorders
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... - non anion gap ... acidosis - anion gap ... MD @nickmmark #acidbase ... #workup #algorithm
Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Table 1. ... eGFR) in adults based ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation ... #Formulas #Creatinine
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
that any given case ... implies being able ... NegativePredictiveValue #Calculation ... #Table #PPV #NPV ... #Formulas #Statistics
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Interpretation and Acid-Base ... acidosis or an alkalosis ... Do the calculations ... more work = ANION GAP ... MSc @AmyChung #AcidBase
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... off the coronary circulation ... not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm