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Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acidemia (pH < 7.35)
 • Metabolic Acidosis (HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2
HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2 ... Respiratory Acidosis (pCO2 ... Respiratory Alkalosis (pCO2 ... < 35 mmHg) #AcidBase ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
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 ... Acetazolamide Causes ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
pathophysiology CLINICAL ... Assessing for CO2 ... Assessing ROSC during CPR ... Transition as CO2 ... WAVEFORM - Critical
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... detected on CT or CXR ... ● PaO2/FiO2 ratio ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
In the proper clinical ... include the list of causes ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
physiology and clinical ... causing ineffective CO2 ... a near-normal PaCO2 ... airflow obstruction causes
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
or iatrogenic causes ... help and inform clinical ... indicated, start CPR ... strategy. ❼ If clinically ... a dramatic clinical
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR