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Correction formulas for Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia
#Management #Nephro #Hyponatremia #Hypernatremia #Correction #FreeWaterDeficit #Formulas #Androgue #Calculation
Correction formulas ... Hypernatremia #Correction ... FreeWaterDeficit #Formulas
Hyponatremia - Correction for Hyperglycemia

#Diagnosis #Pseudohyponatremia #Hyperglycemia #Glucose #Correction #Formula #Sodium #Na
Hyponatremia - Correction ... Hyperglycemia #Glucose #Correction ... #Formula #Sodium
Formula for Corrected Calcium in Hypoalbuminemia

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

Example:
Formula for Corrected ... Hypoalbuminemia Corrected ... 2.0 g/dL Corrected ... Hypoalbuminemia #formula ... #correction #diagnosis
Na+ Correction Factor for Hyperglycemia

- Amelia Furbish PharmD Student @ https://www.instagram.com/happypillsrx/

#Diagnosis #Pseudohyponatremia #Hyperglycemia #Glucose #Correction #Formula
Na+ Correction Factor ... Hyperglycemia #Glucose #Correction ... #Formula #Sodium
What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
Diagnosis #ABG #VBG #Differences ... #Versus #Comparison ... Studies #Conversion #Correlation
ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
VBG #Laboratory #Correlation ... #Comparison #pH ... pCO2 #Diagnosis #Differences
Management of Hyponatremia
Hypertonic Saline - Only indicated if patient has severe symptoms + Na < 125
Give
The target for correction ... hypertonic saline correction ... FE Urate post correction ... Volume • Consider correction ... • Calculate correction
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
rate • Bazett formula ... are multiple QTc correction ... formulas • Prolonged
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm ... ACD • Monitor & correct ... fatigue after correction ... modifications Algorithm ... #Fatigue #IBD #Algorithm
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
systematic error Correlation ... perfect positive correlation ... perfect negative correlation ... , 0 = no correlation ... Biostatistics #formulas