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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Disorders - Evaluation ... and Differential ... an ABG by adding ... ~0.05 to pH and ... depression, Obstructive Lung
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... or restrictive lung ... #AcidBase #disorders ... bloodgas #Acid #Base ... #Gas #VBG #differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... , worse at the bases ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
ventilation to perfusion ... 3:1), and the base ... granulomatous disorders ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... #diseases #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... ) • Endocrine disorders ... : • Pleural effusions ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
COPD lungs and bad ... encounter challenging cardiac ... and emphysema, ask ... subcostal as in this case ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical #pocus