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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Anion gap? ... syndrome, intestinal bacterial ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... #Summary #Nephrology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... congestion with hypoxemia ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... #Summary #CheatSheet ... #Diagnosis #Management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) ... Management Pneumonia ... (LR + 2.7) • Hypoxia ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
tests, such as ... A summary of the ... differential diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... cultures (sputum for bacteria ... and Acid fast) ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Diagnosis Framework ... the serum that has ... anemia, folic acid ... Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... Disorders: • Bacterial
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Toxicity Summary ... starting amiodarone treatment ... , ARDS, DAH, solitary ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... drug-resistant infection, bacterial ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... (fever, cough, hypoxia ... #Diagnosis #Management