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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... with associated hypoxia ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma
Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
Hypoxia and Hypoxemia ... blood (measured on ABG ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #pathophysiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Obstruction • Asthma ... • Metabolic Acidosis ... #Differential #
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Airways: - Asthma ... Additional: - Acidosis ... Pain #dyspnea #sob
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... hypoxia: High altitude ... , Pneumonia, pulmonary ... : Obstruction, Asthma
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... Diagnosis The ... Seizures - Severe asthma ... output - Acute pulmonary ... #Elevation #Differential
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis ... Disease: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... renal tubular acidosis ... phenomenon (16%) MSK