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Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Normal Anion-Gap ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Urine osmolar gap ... UA with urine pH ... #Differential #Diagnosis
What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
What's in a Blood Gas ... obtained than ABG, pH ... sensitivity & 100% NPV ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... Versus #Comparison #PH
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
ABG And BMP Normal ... (Cl + HCO3)} Normal ... <0.4 Pure Normal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Hyperglycemic Crisis - Algorithm for DKA/HHS

Diagnostic criteria for DKA:
 • pH < 7.3
 • Anion gap
for DKA/HHS Diagnostic ... 7.3 • Anion gap ... 7.3 • Anion gap ... normal < 10 mEq ... • Serum BHB normal
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA): refers to a group of conditions all of which cause the same
acidosis that has a normal ... anion gap (hyperchloremic ... causes of RTA #Diagnosis ... Table #Comparison #PH
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
- Differential Diagnosis ... , Eosinophilic GPA ... Strauss) Anti-GBM ... Cryoglobulinemia • Normal ... #differential #diagnosis
Differentiation between Portal Venous Gas and Pneumobilia #Diagnosis #EM #Rads #Surgery #Differential #Differentiation #HepaticGas #Pneumobilia #PortalVenous
Venous Gas and ... Pneumobilia #Diagnosis ... #EM #Rads #Surgery ... #PortalVenous #Portal ... #Venous #Gas #ERCP
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
Ketone bodies are a normal ... accompanied by an anion gap ... to marked anion gap ... acidosis (pH < ... #differential #diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Idiopathic • Normal ... to Kidney: Anti-GBM ... ANCA (C-ANCA): GPA ... eGPA, MPA >>> GPA ... #differential #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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differentiating subtypes of PH ... • PH (mean PAP ... RAP/PCWP RATIO ... have a low or normal ... artery #catheter #diagnosis