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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
and Blood Gas Analysis ... MD @nickmmark #acidbase ... #workup #algorithm ... respiratory #bloodgas #interpretation
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
pleural fluid analysis ... #pleuralfluid #analysis ... #interpretation ... lights #criteria #algorithm ... #differential
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... nephrology #low #potassium
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... Algorithm Acidosis ... • Periodic paralysis ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Workup
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm ... arrhythmias and paralysis ... treated with IV potassium ... #differential # ... potassium #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Algorithm for patients ... the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ... Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... #differential # ... algorithm #diagnosis
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
hormones that work ... provided the starting potassium ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... correcting serum potassium ... in most cases; interpretation ... hypokalemia #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #nephrology