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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... failure - Adrenal ... insufficiency ... Anxiety, pain, fever ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... Neutrophils • Immature/Myeloblasts ... • Tumor lysis syndrome
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome ... microti Ab IFA ... invasion & lysis: fever ... insufficiency. ... ARDS and DIC, case
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Nonspecific symptoms: Fever ... hearing loss, nausea ... Heart failure • Renal ... insufficiency ... Anti-Matrilin-1 Ab