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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Disorders - Evaluation ... and Differential ... chronic) of the disorder ... Differential Diagnosis ... #workup #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Steps for Blood ... ABG And BMP Normal ... : - Diarrhea ... #Gas #VBG #differential
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... Vomiting D - Diarrhea ... - Contraction alkalosis ... nickmmark #acidbase #workup ... #alkalosis #metabolic
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
- Differential ... - Normal/low blood ... : Chronic diarrhea ... • Normal acid-base ... #Differential #
Acid Base Disorders Worksheet

Step 1: Gather the necessary data (Na+, CI-, HCO3-, PH, pCO2). Preferably, all
Acid Base Disorders ... from the same blood ... diagnoses using the differentials ... joshsteinbergMD #Acid #Base ... #diagnosis #differential
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
• Normal/low blood ... • Chronic diarrhea ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... due to diarrhea ... Algorithm #nephrology #differential
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... Interpretation and Acid-Base ... or an alkalosis ... need to do more work ... AmyChung #AcidBase #ABG