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Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Respiratory Acidosis
 • Respiratory Alkalosis
 • Metabolic Acidosis
 •
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential ... Alkalosis • Metabolic ... Acidosis • Metabolic ... Disorders #nephrology #differential ... #metabolic
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
asthma, ↓ Drive, Medications ... • Salicylates Metabolic ... or Cushing’s) Metabolic ... non anion gap metabolic ... - anion gap metabolic
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Respiratory or Metabolic ... Differentials? ... or Metabolic: ... pH pCO2 ↓ ↓ Metabolic ... Acidosis ↑ ↑ Metabolic
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acidemia (pH < 7.35)
 • Metabolic Acidosis (HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential ... pH < 7.35) • Metabolic ... HCO3 12:10 • Respiratory ... pH > 7.45) • Metabolic ... HCO3 7:10 • Respiratory
Algorithm for Evaluation of Acidemia 

#Metabolic #Respiratory #Acidemia #Acidosis #Algorithm #GOLDMARRK #AnionGap #Compensation #Ddxof #Differential #Diagnosis
of Acidemia #Metabolic ... #Respiratory #Acidemia ... Compensation #Ddxof #Differential
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Myocarditis Metabolic ... Inborn Errors of Metabolism ... Central Apnea Respiratory ... Sepsis • Upper Respiratory
Tachypnea - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Alkalemia:
 • Acute Respiratory Alkalosis
 • Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
Evaluation and Differential ... Alkalemia: • Acute Respiratory ... Alkalosis Acidemic: • Metabolic ... Acidosis with Respiratory ... Tachypnea #Evaluation #Differential
5 SIMPLE STEPS TO SOLVE ACID-BASE PROBLEM 

#Acid #Base #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Differential #Respiratory #Metabolic #Acidosis #Alkalosis
Algorithm #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Respiratory #Metabolic
Differential Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion

Trauma
Pericarditis
Recent MI
Autoimmune 
Neoplastic 
Endocrine/Metabolic 
Venous Congestion 
Medications 

- Dr. Tom Fadial https://twitter.com/thame

#Pericardial
Differential Diagnosis ... Neoplastic Endocrine/Metabolic ... Venous Congestion Medications ... Pericardial #Effusion #Differential
An algorithm for the differential diagnosis of palpitations.

Major Categories: Cardiac, Pharmacologic, Metabolic, Psychiatric

#Diagnosis #Palpitations #Differential #Algorithm
algorithm for the differential ... Categories: Cardiac, Pharmacologic ... , Metabolic, Psychiatric ... #Palpitations #Differential