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Unmeasured Anions Associated with an Elevated Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis

#Unmeasured #Anions #Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Diagnosis
Unmeasured Anions ... with an Elevated Anion ... Gap and Metabolic ... #Gap #Metabolic ... #Acidosis #Diagnosis
CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
VAP - Diagnosis ... hospital with pneumonia ... that developed pneumonia ... #Pneumonia #Acquired ... #Community #Diagnosis
Pneumonia - Causative Organisms
 • CAP - Typical, Atypical, Endemic
 • Aspiration
 • Decreased Immunity
 •
Pneumonia - Causative ... Organisms • CAP ... , VAP - CMC IM ... Residency @CMC_IM #Pneumonia ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis - Gap and Non-Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Elevated Anion Gap
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Elevated Anion ... Gap > 12 (Gain ... H+) • Normal Anion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Anion gap? ... : Anion Gap (AG ... - Differential Diagnosis ... or restrictive lung ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Low Anion Gap - Various causes and mechanisms of a Low Anion Gap
 • Hypoalbuminemia (1gm
Low Anion Gap - ... to 2.5 for the anion ... gap) • Normal ... anion gap acidosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypoalbuminemia and hypophosphatemia can mask an anion gap (particularly, low albumin states usually underestimate the anion
gap (particularly ... underestimate the anion ... gap). ... gap for that patient ... gap #Diagnosis
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
obstruction) - Grp ... smoking. structural lung ... Burkholderia — structural lung ... MAC (structural lung ... Causes #Agents #Diagnosis
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Gap - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Gap > 12 (Gain ... gap for albumin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... : • Upper lung ... cough, myalgia • Lung ... #differential #diagnosis