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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Diarrhea - Renal tubular ... acidosis: - CNS ... or restrictive lung
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
Differential/diagnosis ... case. ... septic emboli in lungs ... #Jugular #Thrombosis ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... Clinical Features ... • May involve PNS
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... -> AML: Blast crises ... , hypoxia, CXR - ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... salivary ducts Clinical ... (Type I) renal tubular ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
50,000 patients • Avg ... to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... DDX - Other causes ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Sagittal View

Male with high fever and right
Differential/diagnosis ... case. ... septic emboli in lungs ... #Jugular #Thrombosis ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... Anti-Synthetase Ab ... aspiration > 50% of pts ... statins - probably caused ... #differential #