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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... adding ~0.05 to pH ... depression, Obstructive Lung ... Disease, Neuromuscular ... Disease, PE, Decreased
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Monoarthritis ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #msk #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... #AcidBase #disorders ... #VBG #differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Causes #Differential
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
oxygenation due to a gas ... exchange disorder ... absence of intrinsic lung ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... Arterial blood gas
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... ventilation to perfusion ... 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
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Mechanical/degenerative disorders ... conditions such as ... #Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
subcostal view was ... COPD lungs and bad ... encounter challenging cardiac ... and emphysema, ask ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical #pocus
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... We may ask why are ... Ask some questions ... As with many disease