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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... - Diarrhea - Renal ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Causes of Hyponatremia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... tubal acidosis ... and metabolic alkalosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... cause 3) Labs ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... , Respiratory Alkalosis
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Diagnosis ECF ... reversal of chronic respiratory ... acidosis) • Cystic ... diuretics after renal
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Decreased intake/absorption: Starvation, Alcoholism, Malabsorption, Phosphate binder use
 • Redistribution/
without depletion: Respiratory ... alkalosis, Insulin ... ), Hungry bone syndrome ... • Renal losses ... #Algorithm #causes
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Acute Respiratory ... Alkalosis • Hypokalemia ... Increased Excretion - Renal ... endocrinology #causes
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
Clinical manifestations ... Coagulopathy, Lactic acidosis ... injury, Acute respiratory ... failure #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
suggests extra-renal ... causes • Laxative ... - Metabolic Alkalosis ... - Metabolic acidosis ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Acid-Base Disorders Alkalosis ... Cardiac failure, Pulmonary ... distress syndrome ... #diagnosis #causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... Renal Syndromes ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... #Renal #Syndromes