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Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis - Metabolic + Respiratory Acidosis + Alkalosis

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG ... ) Analysis - Metabolic ... + Respiratory Acidosis ... Arterial #BloodGas #ABG ... #Analysis #Interpretation
Blood Gas Analysis and Interpretation
STEPS TO ANALYSIS
1. Look at PH. Alkalotic or acidotic?
Blood Gas Analysis ... Interpretation STEPS TO ANALYSIS ... - pCO2 (respiratory ... #BloodGas #ABG # ... VBG #Analysis #Interpretation
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
ABG And BMP Normal ... 7.35-7.45 • PaCO2 ... 35-45 mmHg • PaO2 ... Metabolic: pH pCO2 ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
are they more acidotic ... Do you need an ABG ... approximates an ABG ... and ~5 mmHg to pCO2 ... : Lactic Acidosis
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
and Blood Gas Analysis ... 2. pCO2 - What’s ... the pCO2? ... Respiratory Acidosis ... gap metabolic acidosis
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... patient have an acidosis ... concomitant respiratory acidosis ... is a metabolic acidosis ... AmyChung #AcidBase #ABG
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Renal tubular acidosis ... Perspiration • Dialysis ... Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... Algorithm #Causes #Classification
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Renal tubular acidosis ... Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... Low #Potassium #Table ... #Classification
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
 -
deficiency - Acidosis ... Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
• Orthopnea - PaO2 ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... ) analysis - Quantifies ... Oxygenation defect - PaO2 ... supplemental oxygen if PaO2