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

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG ... ) Analysis - Metabolic ... Metabolic alkalosis ... Arterial #BloodGas #ABG ... Interpretation #AcidBase
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... 35-45 mmHg • PaO2 ... Anxiety, pain, fever ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acidemia (pH < 7.35)
 • Metabolic Acidosis (HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2
Acid-Base Disorders ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... pH < 7.35) • Metabolic ... pH > 7.45) • Metabolic ... < 35 mmHg) #AcidBase
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... 2. pCO2 - What’s ... the pCO2? ... MD @nickmmark #acidbase ... #workup #algorithm
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid Base ... than expected based ... Generally, for acid/base ... and ~5 mmHg to pCO2 ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... Interpretation and Acid-Base ... need to do more work ... MSc @AmyChung #AcidBase ... #ABG #Interpretation
Acid Base Compensation - Directions - If all three variables (pH, HCO2, pCO2) move in the
Acid Base Compensation ... variables (pH, HCO2, pCO2 ... Diagnosis #Nephro #AcidBase ... Acidosis #Alkalosis #Metabolic
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Acid-Base Disorders ... Compensation Equations Metabolic ... ↓ 1.2 Metabolic ... ↓ 4 #Acid #Base ... #AcidBase #Disorders
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... FUO) - Further Workup ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... fungal pathogens based ... UnknownOrigin #workup
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... normalize the ABG ... than monitoring ABG ... -BiPAP should never ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm