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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 ... PROS: Tells you ... serial exams #ABG ... Comparison #pH #pCO2
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 ... obtained than ABG ... EBM #Diagnosis #ABG ... Comparison #PH #PCO2
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis - Metabolic + Respiratory Acidosis + Alkalosis

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG ... Alkalosis pH ↓ pCO2 ... acidosis pH ↑ pCO2 ... alkalosis pH ↑ pCO2 ... Arterial #BloodGas #ABG
Simple flowchart guide to interpreting arterial blood gases (ABGs). 

#abg #bloodgas #interpretation #algorithm #diagnosis
arterial blood gases (ABGs ... #abg #bloodgas # ... interpretation #algorithm
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Base Disorders - Evaluation ... Do you need an ABG ... approximates an ABG ... and ~5 mmHg to pCO2 ... Base #Disorders #Evaluation
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... including Ca/Mg/Phos ... differential - ABG ... /VBG only if hypercapneic ... Checklist #Delirium #Evaluation
Algorithm for Suspected Extremity Arterial Injury

#Diagnosis #ArterialInjury #ABI #AnkleBrachialIndex #Algorithm #Evaluation #Signs #RebelEM
Algorithm for Suspected ... ArterialInjury #ABI ... AnkleBrachialIndex #Algorithm ... #Evaluation #Signs
Algorithm for evaluating women with symptoms of Acute Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

#UTI #UrinaryTract #Infection #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Algorithm for evaluating ... UrinaryTract #Infection #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation Algorithm
In addition to edema and urine concentration, always consider urine
Diagnosis and Evaluation ... Algorithm In addition ... urine output when evaluating ... Differential #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
normalize the ABG ... -Serial evaluation ... than monitoring ABG ... failure), not the ABG ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm