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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 ... Differential Diagnosis ... depression, Obstructive Lung ... #Disorders #Evaluation
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... - Metabolic Alkalosis ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential ... #potassium #nephrology
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... - Metabolic alkalosis ... secretion • Acid-base ... metabolic alkalosis ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis ... , worse at the bases ... Diseases #ILD #Causes ... #Differential #
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Metabolic Alkalosis ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... the indicated causes ... urine #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... 3:1), and the base ... Therefore, conditions caused ... apices caused by ... #diseases #differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... of Pneumonia on Lung ... POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Clindamycin in case ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential # ... causes #management
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... these terms are based ... since in many cases ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis