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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Diagnosis 1) Start ... Differential Diagnosis ... Failure, Toxic ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup ... Diagnosis #acidosis
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... (HAGMA) - Differential ... Diagnosis - GOLDMARK ... ketoacidosis Renal ... failure Ketoacidosis
GOLDMARK - Mnemonic for Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
G - Glycols
O - Oxoproline
L - L-Lactate
D - D-Lactate
M
Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... - Aspirin R - Renal ... Failure K - Ketoacidosis ... AnionGap #Metabolic #Acidosis ... #diagnosis #differential
Lactic Acidosis Classification - Type A vs Type B
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Sepsis, Ischemic bowel, Hemorrhagic
Lactic Acidosis ... bowel (D-lactate), Renal ... failure, Metformin ... #TypeA #TypeB #diagnosis ... #differential #
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... much easier to diagnosis ... What is it Failure ... Nephrology #Causes #Differential
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
(NAGMA) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... and Workup NAGMA ... Metabolic #NAGMA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
 -
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis - Impaired ... Excretion - Renal ... failure - Hypoaldosteronism ... deficiency - Acidosis
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Shift: • Lactic acidosis ... CKD Increased Renal
Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) 
Type 1 - Failure of secretion
Type 2 - Bicarbonate wasting
Type 4 -
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... RTA) Type 1 - Failure ... salt diet #Renal ... #Tubular #Acidosis ... classification #nephrology #diagnosis
Lactic Acidosis - Classification and Differential Diagnosis
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Inadequate Oxygen Delivery
 • Anaerobic muscular
Classification and Differential ... Diagnosis Type ... Pancreatitis, Renal ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #TypeA