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Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Base and Blood Gas ... Acidosis - non anion ... gap metabolic acidosis ... - anion gap metabolic ... nickmmark #acidbase #workup
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 ... , Respiratory Alkalosis ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... acidosis or an alkalosis ... need 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 ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... COP DDX: • CAP ... Treatment: •
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Due to neuronal metabolism ... 3) Follow the anion ... gap until it closes ... DiabeticKetoacidosis #DKA #pathophysiology
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
immune compromise Clinical ... Pathophysiology: ... lactulose producing gas ... clostridium, klebsiella pneumoniae ... data • Early treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Hypogonad (50%) • Metabolic ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Endocrinology #Treatment ... #Pathophysiology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... Clinical Manifestations ... antibody that works ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
❹ Call for MH treatment ... possible fresh gas ... Plan admission to critical ... amiodarone/metoprolol Metabolic ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup