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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 ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... week of a known clinical ... - 200 mm Hg < PaO2 ... - 100 mm Hg < PaO2 ... Respiratory #Distress #Syndrome
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Initial Clinical ... Defining Major Syndromes ... Nephrology #Major #Syndromes ... #Differential #Table
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 ... have an overlap syndrome ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome
Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
 -
Artery #Strokes #Syndromes ... Neurology #Diagnosis #Table ... Comprehensive Review in Clinical
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome ... platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome ... to 90% (and in paO2 ... #Orthodeoxia #Syndrome ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... • Orthopnea - PaO2 ... Oxygenation defect - PaO2 ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... on CT or CXR ● PaO2 ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Myositis Specific Antibodies (MSAs)

Dermatomyositis: MDA5, TIF1y, NXP2, Mi-2, SAE
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Jo-1, PL7, PL12, EJ, OJ
Immune Mediated
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome ... Antibodies #MSAs #clinical ... #rheumatology #table
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
due to alveolar syndrome ... fibrotic alveolar syndrome ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Correlation #Table