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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
and Blood Gas Analysis ... MD @nickmmark #acidbase ... #workup #algorithm
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm ... • Periodic paralysis ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Workup #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Is there a dialysis ... are caused by prerenal ... Trial isotonic fluids ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
pus, effusion fluid ... measures: • Fluid ... identify pericardial fluid ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... Labs + Ascitic Fluid ... Analysis: 1) ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... • Consider fluid ... hypovolaemia: give i.v fluid ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
after initial fluid ... devices could have caused ... to further aid fluid ... anaesthesia #Sepsis #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
Low ascitic fluid ... syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... ascites #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #differential
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
in Anaesthesia Causes ... fat, amniotic fluid ... Box C: AMNIOTIC FLUID ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
difficulty breathing – paralysis ... • Give i.v. fluid ... Consider other causes ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup