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What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
, pH correlates ... very well, and PvCO2 ... EBM #Diagnosis #ABG ... #Versus #Comparison ... #PH #PCO2 #Studies
ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
environment looks like (pH ... , PaCO2, HCO3) CONS ... serial exams #ABG ... #Correlation #Comparison ... #pH #pCO2 #Diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Values • pH: ... Alkalemia: • pH ... pCO2 ↓ ↓ Metabolic ... or restrictive lung ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Do you need an ABG ... approximates an ABG ... adding ~0.05 to pH ... and ~5 mmHg to pCO2 ... depression, Obstructive Lung
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison ... #Table #Echocardiography
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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Main Lung Ultrasound ... areas #COVID19 #POCUS ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #Comparison #Table
Air Bronchograms on Ultrasound

Opacification of alveolar spaces surrounding air-filled bronchioles; enables visualization of well-defined tissue/air interface;
bronchograms (AB ... consolidation; static AB ... Static #Dynamic #POCUS ... #Clinical #Lung ... #Ultrasound #comparison
In the hospital: minimal improvement with abx for CAP. Lung US to the rescue. Diagnostic thora;
improvement with abx ... Lung US to the rescue ... Diagnostic thora; pus, pH ... IMUS_Spokane #Clinical #POCUS ... #Lung #Empyema
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Summarized Erythema ab ... cancers, including lung ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential