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Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acidemia (pH < 7.35)
 • Metabolic Acidosis (HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2
Acid-Base Disorders ... - Differential ... Respiratory Acidosis (pCO2 ... < 35 mmHg) #AcidBase ... #Disorders #Differential
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Acid-Base Disorders ... Acidosis: • Acute ... Alkalosis: • Acute ... ↓ 4 #Acid #Base ... #AcidBase #Disorders
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... and ~5 mmHg to pCO2 ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... Differential Diagnosis
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
risk factors for ARDS ... Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... (PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 300 ... (PaO2/FiO2 of 200 ... to transfusion based
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... elimination of CO2 ... pulmonary edema in acute ... lung #diseases #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... dissolved in the PaO2 ... common causes of acute ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... Embolism: • Acute
Characteristics, treatment, outcomes and cause of death of invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19 ARDS in Milan,
with COVID-19 ARDS ... 219237669501925/ Case ... patients with #ARDS ... Acute kidney injury ... improvement in PaO2
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
presents with an acute ... bed, or lifting arms ... primarily is diagnosed based ... normal and can help differentiate