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Acid Base Disorders - Formulas for appropriate metabolic and respiratory compensation

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

#acidbase #compensation #metabolic #respiratory #diagnosis #calculations #formulas #acidosis #alkalosis
Disturbances #acidbase ... #compensation #metabolic ... #calculations #formulas
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acidemia (pH < 7.35)
 • Metabolic Acidosis (HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... pH < 7.35) • Metabolic ... pH > 7.45) • Metabolic ... < 35 mmHg) #AcidBase
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infectious: Meningitis, Encephalitis ... Neurocysticercosis, PML • Metabolic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
 •
Pediatric Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Meningitis • Encephalitis ... Metabolic: • ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Compensation Equations Metabolic ... ± 2 (Winter’s formula ... pCO2 ↓ 1.2 Metabolic ... #Acid #Base #AcidBase ... #Compensation #Metabolic
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... done by using formulas ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Anion Gap Metabolic ... Evaluation #workup #Differential
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sepsis • Encephalitis ... • Meningitis Metabolic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Infections - Viral Encephalitis ... Bacterial Meningitis - Differential ... Hepatosplenomegaly • The CSF formula ... Good indicator to differentiate ... CNS #Infections #differential
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Meningitis • Encephalitis ... Dioxide Narcosis • Metabolic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm