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What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

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

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
ABG vs VBG: Arterial ... Blood Gases ABG ... looks like (pH, PaCO2 ... #Correlation #Comparison ... #pH #pCO2 #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Ultrasound Signs

B Sign, B Line, Comets, A Lines, C Lines

#BSign #BLine #Comets #ALines #Clines #Pulmonary
, Comets, A Lines ... #BLine #Comets ... #ALines #Clines ... #Pulmonary #Lung ... Ultrasound #Signs #Key #POCUS
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
PvCO2 - Mixed ... venous CO2 • ... PaCO2 - Arterial ... on an ABG) The ... intubation, single lung
Lung POCUS with multiple B-lines representing pulmonary edema

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Edema #BLines #Lung #POCUS #clinical #Pulmonary
Lung POCUS with ... multiple B-lines ... eabramsMD #Edema #BLines ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
7.35-7.45 • PaCO2 ... 35-45 mmHg • PaO2 ... Metabolic: pH pCO2 ... or restrictive lung ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS Young ... POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... Lung POCUS invaluable ... #POCUS #clinical
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
COVID-19 on Lung ... POCUS - Day 2 ... POCUS update: small ... COVID19 #clinical #lung ... #POCUS #Effusion
Normal horizontal repetitive artifacts (A Lines) 

 - Dustin Morrow MD @SonoSerious

#ALines #Artifact #Pulmonary #Lung #Ultrasound
repetitive artifacts (A Lines ... SonoSerious #ALines ... Artifact #Pulmonary #Lung ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
the Anion Gap (AG ... Do you need an ABG ... approximates an ABG ... and ~5 mmHg to pCO2 ... depression, Obstructive Lung