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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... of Metabolic Alkalosis ... restrictive lung disease ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology ... #VBG #differential
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... alkalosis - Fistulas ... • AMS (altered mental ... metabolic alkalosis ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... Therefore, conditions caused ... upper lobes • Metabolic ... pulmonary edema • Metabolic ... #differential #
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Chronic: Storage disease ... whipple) TOXIC METABOLIC ... pulmonary), acid-base ... withdrawal, contrast media ... #neurology