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Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ... • Improves hypoxemia ... • Improves hypoxemia
Tetralogy of Fallot - Hypoxic Spell Management
1. Oxygenation
2. Increase SVR
3. Abolish Hyperpnea
4. Correct Acidosis

- Dr. Rasha
Tetralogy of Fallot - Hypoxic ... Correct Acidosis ... Tetralogy #Fallot #Hypoxic
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia ... Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Respiratory Acidosis ... alkalosis drive • Hypoxemia ... Cushing’s) Metabolic Acidosis ... gap metabolic acidosis ... gap metabolic acidosis
Lactic Acidosis - Classification and Differential Diagnosis
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Inadequate Oxygen Delivery
 • Anaerobic muscular
Lactic Acidosis ... Type A Lactic Acidosis ... oxygen delivery: Hypoxemia ... Type B Lactic Acidosis ... 0885066620982585 #Lactic #Acidosis
Comparison of Pathologic Breathing Patterns
Biot's respiration aka ataxic respiration:
 - Periodic breathing: hyperpnea (or normopnea) and
: - Metabolic acidosis ... Lactic acid/Lactic acidosis ... Apnea - Sleep/Hypoxemia
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... produced during hypoxic ... Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic Acidosis ... usually: - hypoxemia ... hypoperfusion/ hypoxemia ... Type A Lactic Acidosis ... : Hypoxic/Failure
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
TTP • DIC • Hypoxemia ... • Metabolic Acidosis ... Deficiencies • Hypoxemia
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
- incr H+ (acidosis ... • arterial hypoxemia