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Causes of Metabolic Acidosis - Gap and Non-Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Elevated Anion Gap
Metabolic Acidosis - Gap ... and Non-Gap - Differential ... Elevated Anion Gap ... • Normal Anion Gap ... NonGap #Nephrology #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Anion gap? ... Step 4 - Anion gap ... Delta-delta: Anion Gap ... Corrected Anion Gap ... of High Anion Gap
Unmeasured Anions Associated with an Elevated Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis

#Unmeasured #Anions #Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Diagnosis
Elevated Anion Gap ... Unmeasured #Anions #Gap ... Nephrology #Table #Differential
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Methanol - Ethylene glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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Acidosis • Osmolar Gap ... • Anion Gap ... diagnosis #toxicology #comparison
Pneumonia - Causative Organisms
 • CAP - Typical, Atypical, Endemic
 • Aspiration
 • Decreased Immunity
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Organisms • CAP ... • Hospital - HAP ... , VAP - CMC IM ... #microbiology #differential
Low Anion Gap - Various causes and mechanisms of a Low Anion Gap
 • Hypoalbuminemia (1gm
Low Anion Gap - ... of a Low Anion Gap ... for the anion gap ... • Normal anion gap ... AnionGap #causes #differential
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Normal Anion-Gap ... Calculate Anion Gap ... Urine osmolar gap ... Urinary Anion Gap ... Urine osmolar gap
Hypoalbuminemia and hypophosphatemia can mask an anion gap (particularly, low albumin states usually underestimate the anion
mask an anion gap ... underestimate the anion gap ... the normal anion gap ... calculated anion gap ... #LowAnionGap #Differential
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Elevated Anion Gap ... - Differential ... Elevated Anion Gap ... correct anion gap ... 2.5 to the anion gap
Causes of Non-Gap Metabolic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Anion Gap (<14) (Loss of Bicarbonate) -
Causes of Non-Gap ... Metabolic Acidosis - Differential ... Normal Anion Gap ... correct anion gap ... 2.5 to the anion gap