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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
anion gap metabolic ... acidosis - anion ... gap metabolic acidosis ... nickmmark #acidbase #workup ... #alkalosis #metabolic
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Start with the Anion ... Diagnosis: • Anion ... Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
3) Labs show anion-gap ... metabolic acidosis ... , Shock Labs: Anion-Gap ... Metabolic Acidosis ... #Treatment
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... or an alkalosis ... to do more work ... = ANION GAP - ... #Acidosis #Alkalosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... other processes Workup ... COP DDX: • CAP ... Treatment: • ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Diagnosis and Management ... acute or chronic Clinical ... • Late: normal anion ... gap acidosis, ↓ ... #Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... misdiagnosed as CAP ... DIAGNOSTICS: Clinical ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... #diagnosis #management
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
ECF and ICF both work ... Acidosis. ... Metabolic Acidosis ... #criticalcare #management ... #diagnosis #treatment
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
possible fresh gas ... amiodarone/metoprolol Metabolic ... acidosis: hyperventilate ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
tubule (DCT) Clinical ... alkalosis • Normal ... Renal tubular acidosis ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... diagnosis #nephrology #management