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Blood Gas Analysis and Interpretation
STEPS TO ANALYSIS
1. Look at PH. Alkalotic or acidotic?
Interpretation STEPS ... #BloodGas #ABG # ... VBG #Analysis #Interpretation
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Interpretation Steps ... ABG And BMP Normal ... : Anion Gap (AG ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG ... Acid #Base #Gas #VBG
Christmas Tree Rash of Pityriasis rosea
 - small oval scaling patches
 - Christmas tree pattern
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Christmas Tree Rash ... lines of skin stress ... ChristmasTree #Rash ... rosea #clinical #dermatology
Hypoglycemia Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Workup:
 • Sulfonylurea Labs
 • Anti-lnsulin Ab - Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome
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• Anti-lnsulin Ab ... glucose q6 hrs until BG ... Continue until BG ... Normally, glucose stores ... In insulinoma, BG
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Erythema Multiforme, DRESS ... SCVMCMed #Fever #Rash ... Differential #Diagnosis #dermatology
DRESS Syndrome vs SJS/TEN
DRESS
 • Latency: 2-8 weeks
 • Rash: Morbilliform
 • Mucosal involvement: 50% have
DRESS Syndrome vs ... SJS/TEN DRESS ... : 2-8 weeks • Rash ... : 4-28 days • Rash ... comparison #table #dermatology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
organism identified, Strep ... DFA sputum, LDH, ABG ... Serum Cryptococcal Ag ... , Urine Histo Ag
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Summarized Erythema ab ... medications, foods, stress ... Rash is usually ... after group A Strep ... differential #diagnosis #dermatology
Vibrio Vulnificus skin infection
Cirrhosis w/recent consumption of raw oysters w/rapidly evolving rash. 
Vibrio vulnificus part of
rapidly evolving rash ... , hypotension, rash ... transferrin Early abx ... skin #infection #rash ... #cellulitis #dermatology
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
(blue-purple) rash ... • Erythematous rash ... • Anti-TIF1y Abs ... with anti-NXP2 Abs ... #dermatology #diagnosis