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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 ... Nephrology #Table #Differential
Pneumonia - Causative Organisms
 • CAP - Typical, Atypical, Endemic
 • Aspiration
 • Decreased Immunity
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Pneumonia - Causative ... Organisms • CAP ... , VAP - CMC IM ... Residency @CMC_IM #Pneumonia ... #microbiology #differential
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis - Gap and Non-Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Elevated Anion Gap
and Non-Gap - Differential ... Algorithm • Elevated Anion ... Gap > 12 (Gain ... H+) • Normal Anion ... NonGap #Nephrology #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Anion gap? ... Differentials? ... : Anion Gap (AG ... or restrictive lung ... #VBG #differential
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 ... AnionGap #causes #differential
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
for enumerating differentials ... obstruction) - Grp ... smoking. structural lung ... MAC (structural lung ... #Differential #
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Gap - Differential ... Gap > 12 (Gain ... gap for albumin ... gap Decreased ... AnionGap #Nephrology #Differential
Hypoalbuminemia and hypophosphatemia can mask an anion gap (particularly, low albumin states usually underestimate the anion
gap (particularly ... gap). ... gap for that patient ... gap #Diagnosis ... #LowAnionGap #Differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Microbiology
 • Typicals: Strep pneumoniae, H influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staph aureus,
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... (CAP) - Microbiology ... Typicals: Strep pneumoniae ... #CAP #Microbiology ... #differential #
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... Start with the Anion ... Gap (AG). 2) Next ... : • Anion Gap ... depression, Obstructive Lung