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Acid Base Disorders - Formulas for appropriate metabolic and respiratory compensation

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

#acidbase #compensation #metabolic #respiratory #diagnosis #calculations #formulas #acidosis #alkalosis
Disturbances #acidbase ... #compensation # ... respiratory #diagnosis #calculations ... #formulas #acidosis ... #alkalosis
Correction formulas for Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia
#Management #Nephro #Hyponatremia #Hypernatremia #Correction #FreeWaterDeficit #Formulas #Androgue #Calculation
Correction formulas ... Hypernatremia #Correction ... FreeWaterDeficit #Formulas ... #Androgue #Calculation
Summary of metabolic compensation for respiratory acid-base disorders
#Diagnosis #Nephro #Respiratory #Acidosis #Alkalosis #Metabolic #Compensation #Formulas #Curbsiders
Summary of metabolic compensation ... Respiratory #Acidosis #Alkalosis ... #Metabolic #Compensation ... #Formulas #Curbsiders
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acidemia (pH < 7.35)
 • Metabolic Acidosis (HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Metabolic Alkalosis ... • Respiratory Alkalosis ... < 35 mmHg) #AcidBase ... #Causes #Compensation
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Disorders - Expected Compensation ... ± 2 (Winter’s formula ... 1.2 Metabolic Alkalosis ... #Acid #Base #AcidBase ... #Disorders #Compensation
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
acidosis or an alkalosis ... Do the calculations ... concomitant respiratory alkalosis ... MSc @AmyChung #AcidBase ... Metabolic #Acidosis #Alkalosis
Formula for Corrected Calcium in Hypoalbuminemia

Corrected Ca = Measured Ca2 + 0.8 x (4.0 - Albumin)

Example:
Formula for Corrected ... Hypoalbuminemia #formula ... #correction #diagnosis ... #calculation #albumin
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
more acidotic or alkalotic ... the appropriate compensation ... done by using formulas ... • Metabolic Alkalosis ... • Respiratory Alkalosis
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
perfect positive correlation ... perfect negative correlation ... , 0 = no correlation ... Biostatistics #formulas ... #calculations #