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What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
45mmHg has a 100% sensitivity ... Diagnosis #ABG #VBG #Differences ... #Versus #Comparison ... Studies #Conversion #Correlation
ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
VBG: Arterial vs Venous ... VBG #Laboratory #Correlation ... #Comparison #pH ... pCO2 #Diagnosis #Differences
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
bronchoprovocation test, and sensitivity ... summary of the differential ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... with elevated versus ... value of 0.0115, sensitivity ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential ... #Algorithm
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
sequences improve sensitivity ... Reversible course Differential ... leukoencephalopathy, Cerebral venous ... • Magnesium correction
A prospective randomized, double-dummy trial comparing IV push low dose ketamine to short infusion of low
sedation with no difference ... Infusion #Ketamine #Comparison ... #Versus #VisualAbstract