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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Disorders - Evaluation ... Do you need an ABG ... an ABG by adding ... #Disorders #Evaluation ... #workup #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... ABG And BMP Normal ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... sedation, narcotics, CVA
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
have had prior evaluations ... • Colorectal CA ... pregnancy • Ovarian CA ... bowel syndrome • Celiac ... poisoning • Celiac
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... Imaging findings Workup ... Imaging: US (biliary evaluation ... biliary, stones), CTA ... Tx: ABx (pip-tazo
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenia Gravis Evaluation ... Electrolytes (including Ca ... - Infectious workup ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
presents with pain ... Biopsy: Solitary disorder ... Evaluation? ... + diff • CMP, Ca ... #Workup #Hematology