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

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... ABG And BMP Normal ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... #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
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
- Lung metastases ... Radiation induced disease ... Hypercoagulable -> PE Based ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm ... #differential #
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... syndrome • Post-CABG
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... • Interstitial lung ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... ventilation to perfusion ... 3:1), and the base ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... #diseases #differential
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... to the differential ... hour collection based ... plexus, or sclera), lungs ... #Algorithm #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Clinical Features: Lungs ... : • Pleural effusions ... Cytopenias • Cardiac ... and leukemia • Lung
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