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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
D D-lactate (short ... bowel syndrome, ... Ketoacidosis (starvation, diabetic ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... restrictive lung disease
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
causes include diabetes ... failure, and diabetes ... Spots in the pattern ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... #Abnormal #Pathology
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
seen in several disease ... of re-feeding syndrome ... • Diabetic ketoacidosis ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
restrictive lung disease ... be secondary to diabetic ... , and stop for short ... hyperventilation syndrome—a ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... History of: • Diabetes ... Rinne Test: • Normal ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... ○ HIV ○ Lyme disease
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk: Diabetes ... extrapulmonary disease ... Inhalation of spores ... level • A low or normal ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Metabolic alkalosis • Normal ... Hypocalciuria (spot ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... • Autoimmune disease ... diagnosis #nephrology #management