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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
- Evaluation and ... /base, a VBG approximates ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... #Evaluation #workup
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... hypoventilation) - Airway ... #Base #Gas #VBG
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
confirm reservoir bag ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... #Pressure #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
delegate task of evaluating ... potential causes ... using reservoir bag ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... Therefore, conditions caused ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... edema in acute ... lung #diseases #differential
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
- Differential ... stroke, trauma • Acute ... Inflammatory (MS) • Sub-acute ... hepatic, septic, pulmonary ... ), acid-base, opioids
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... be determined based ... with presence of pulmonary ... Cardiac cath if acute ... the determined cause
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
phlebotomy/ blood work ... during clinical evaluations ... blood loss or acute ... • Iron, folic acid ... pathophysiology #differential