8 results
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... #PFTs #Interpretation
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... - Blood Gas Interpretation ... Differentials? ... - Vomiting, NG suction ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... decarboxylation/gas ... muscle cells • Gas ... Gastrointestinal function ... secretion • Acid-base
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
synovial fluid - Interpretation ... infectious etiologies, as ... hyaluronic acid ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... Vomiting/nasogastric suction ... effect) • Normal gap ... poisoning • Normal acid-base ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Vomiting/nasogastric suction ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... In a normal gap ... and potassium acid ... Algorithm #nephrology #differential
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
rate (ESR) • C-reactive ... including liver function ... • Serum uric acid ... rheumatica) • Creatine ... a diagnosis of reactive
Neurological Disorders and the Creative Process
Behavior:
 • Obsession and repetition: Frontotemporal Dementia/ Corticobasal degeneration
 • Functional
Disorders and the Creative ... degeneration • Functional ... Sensory - Auditory Interpretation ... Neurological #Disorders #Creative ... #creativity #differential