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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... (AG) = {Na - (Cl ... hypoventilation) - Airway ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology ... #VBG #differential
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
• Difficult mask ... intubation • Video-assisted ... laryngoscopy as ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increase fresh gas ... reservoir bag and APL ... arterial blood gas ... #Pressure #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
In a normal gap ... the indicated causes ... of anion gap metabolic ... urine #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Increase fresh gas ... reservoir bag and APL ... rhythm, treat as ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
As soon as ... reservoir bag and APL ... -1) Embolism, gas ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... ACE-Is and ARBs ... aniongap #NonGap #Metabolic ... #Acidosis #differential ... #nephrology
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
use of a face mask ... lifelines as three ... management can ... best efforts at all ... #visualaid #criticalcare
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
inevitably leads to Metabolic ... Metabolic Acidosis ... K+ in the ECF causes ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
consistent for all ... This can cause life-threatening ... Surgical management ... Emergencies #diagnosis #differential ... #criticalcare #