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Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory ... Acid-Base Disorders Alkalosis ... failure, Mechanical hyperventilation ... Miscellaneous: Obesity, Hypoventilation ... acidbase #acidosis #alkalosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Respiratory or Metabolic ... ↑ ↑ Metabolic alkalosis ... alkalosis: - ... Hyperventilation ... Asthma, Obesity hypoventilation
The Chvostek sign (/ˈkvɒstɪk/) is a clinical sign of existing nerve hyperexcitability (tetany) seen in hypocalcemia.It
encountered in respiratory ... alkalosis, such ... as that seen in hyperventilation ... negative in the alkalotic
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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Incr Heart rate, hyperventilation ... diaphoresis • Hyperventilation ... -> respiratory ... alkalosis • Dizziness
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis - Metabolic + Respiratory Acidosis + Alkalosis

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
- Metabolic + Respiratory ... Acidosis + Alkalosis ... pH ↑ pCO2 ↓ - Respiratory ... alkalosis pH ↓ ... pCO2 ↑ - Respiratory
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Respiratory Acidosis
 • Respiratory Alkalosis
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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Framework • Respiratory ... Acidosis • Respiratory ... Alkalosis • Metabolic ... • Metabolic Alkalosis ... #respiratory #metabolic
Clinical presentation of metabolic or respiratory alkalosis diagram.

#alkalosis #metabolic #respiratory #picture #diagram #signs #symptoms #presentation #Diagnosis
of metabolic or respiratory ... alkalosis diagram ... #alkalosis #metabolic ... #respiratory #picture
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation
 • AG/non-AG Metabolic Acidosis
 • AG Acidosis "Delta/Delta"
 • Metabolic Alkalosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis ... • Respiratory ... Acidosis • Respiratory ... Alkalosis - ... acidbase #acidosis #alkalosis
Tachypnea - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Alkalemia:
 • Acute Respiratory Alkalosis
 • Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
Alkalemia: • Acute Respiratory ... Alkalosis • Chronic ... Hypercapnic Respiratory ... Alkalosis Acidemic ... Compensation or Alkalosis
Table of Breathing Patterns and Their Associated Conditions
Apnea
Biot's respirations
Bradypnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations	
Hyperpnea
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Kussmaul respirations
Orthopnea
Paradoxic ventilation
Sighing respirations
Tachypnea
Hoover's sign

#Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
respirations Hyperpnea Hyperventilation ... Hypoventilation