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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... no respiratory cause ... anion-gap metabolic acidosis ... Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... #Aspirin #Toxicity
Flecainide Toxicity on ECG

70 year old patient with chronic atrial fibrillation on an antiarrhythmic presented with
Flecainide Toxicity ... presented with nausea ... BrettSperryMD #Flecainide ... #Toxicity #ECG
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... Aspirin - salicylate ... toxicity causes ... Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis
Types of Anion Gap Acidosis - AGAPS KIL U - Mnemonic
Ketoacidosis: Alcoholic Ketoacidosis, Starvation Ketoacidosis, Starvation
Types of Anion Gap Acidosis ... Ethanol, Methanol), Salicylates ... Iron, INH Lactic Acidosis ... : • L-Lactic Acidosis ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Methanol A Aspirin (salicylates ... starvation, diabetic) Causes ... Acetazolamide Causes ... associated hypoxia) - Salicylates ... Causes of Respiratory
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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PVFM) Cardiac Causes ... • Metabolic acidosis ... • DKA • Salicylate ... exposures • Lactic acidosis ... of any cause
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Causes of Metabolic ... Acidosis with Elevated ... secretion • AKI/CKD Salicylate ... poisoning Lactic acidosis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... Causes of High-anion ... glycol, Methanol, Salicylates ... and chronic) Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
gap metabolic acidosis ... Kidney tubular acidosis ... gap metabolic acidosis ... , Chronic salicylate ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Salicylate Poisoning - Toxicology

Acute toxicity = vomiting, tachypnea, tinnitus, diaphoresis, and lethargy. This may progress to
Salicylate Poisoning ... and metabolic acidosis ... Chronic toxicity ... occurs at lower salicylate ... Kat_Watson #Salicylate