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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... #Acid #Base #Gas
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Extra-renal ... Losses: • Normal Acid-Base ... loss (Diarrhea) Renal ... • HTN, High Aldosterone
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... for Pulmonary Renal ... infiltrates) → high ... #Renal #Syndrome ... #nephrology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based ... diuresis can be high ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Diagnosis of ... Loop Diuretics; High-Ceiling ... Bumetanide, Ethacrynic acid ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... #Medications #Table
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Present in high ... anemia, folic acid ... Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... Demand ischemia • Trauma
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
of Respiratory Acid-Base ... encephalitis, Tumor, Trauma ... tissue hypoxia: High ... Pneumoconiosis, Bronchitis, Adult ... respiratory distress syndrome
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Epidemiology 1) High ... Asian countries (1 case ... , and possibly renal ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
, post stroke, trauma ... • Sub-acute: OMS ... hepatic, septic, pulmonary ... ), acid-base, opioids ... #Causes #neurology