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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... ABG And BMP Normal ... Diagnosis: Causes ... bowel syndrome, ... #ABG #bloodgas
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Channelopathies: Long/short ... Drugs, Electrolyte disorders ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... Ischemia • Short ... Adenoma • Colon Cancer ... Microscopic Colitis Disordered ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
and Causes Clinical ... Heart Disease, Cancer-Related ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
QT Syndrome • ... systemic (multiorgan) disorders ... imbalance • Cancer ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Drugs (NSAlDs, Abx ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer
Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Metabolic Brain Disorders ... Metabolic #Brain #Disorders ... #Clinical #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Neurology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Clinical Features ... leukemia • Lung cancer ... • Cervical cancer
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Immunodeficiency disorder ... 50,000 patients • Avg ... to 8 years Clinical ... Lymphoma or other cancers ... gastric and breast cancer
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
an autoimmune disorder ... Ab to AChR blocks ... life-threatening Differential ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... #management #neurology