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Acid Base Disorders - Formulas for appropriate metabolic and respiratory compensation

- Dr Amith Sreedharan - Consultant
Acid Base Disorders ... - Formulas for ... metabolic and respiratory ... Care Medicine #Respiratory ... #Compensation #Formula
Summary of metabolic compensation for respiratory acid-base disorders
#Diagnosis #Nephro #Respiratory #Acidosis #Alkalosis #Metabolic #Compensation #Formulas #Curbsiders
compensation for respiratory ... acid-base disorders ... Diagnosis #Nephro #Respiratory ... #Compensation #Formulas
Prediction of Compensatory Responses on Simple Acid-Base Disturbances

#acidbase #compensation #metabolic #respiratory #diagnosis #calculations #formulas #acidosis #alkalosis
on Simple Acid-Base ... compensation #metabolic #respiratory ... #diagnosis #calculations ... #formulas #acidosis
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid Base ... done by using formulas ... retention • Respiratory ... Ventilation • Respiratory ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
eGFR) in adults based ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation ... #Formulas #Creatinine
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... Respiratory Acidosis ... CO2 production Respiratory ... nickmmark #acidbase #workup ... #algorithm #diagnosis
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... NegativePredictiveValue #Calculation ... Table #PPV #NPV #Formulas
QT/QTc- Interval
•	Start of Q-wave to end of the T-wave (time of ventricular depolarization + repolarization).
•	Life threatening
R-R interval (Works ... Methods of calculating ... QTc: • Bazett formula ... • Fridericia formula ... • Rautaharju formula
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Interpretation and Acid-Base ... – metabolic or respiratory ... Think ROME = Respiratory ... Do the calculations ... need to do more work
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Acid-Base Disorders ... ± 2 (Winter’s formula ... pCO2 ↑ 0.7 Respiratory ... ∆ HCO3 ↑ 3 Respiratory ... ↓ 4 #Acid #Base