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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
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Do you need an ABG ... /base, a VBG approximates ... an ABG by adding ... depression, Obstructive Lung ... #Evaluation #workup
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
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Acid Base Disorders ... failure - Adrenal ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... #Base #Gas #VBG
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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, lung, lymph node ... concentration PET-CT ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... #diagnosis #management ... #phenotypes #workup
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Summary Autoimmune ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... #diagnosis #management