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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
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Differential Diagnosis ... Metabolic Acidosis ... Metabolic Acidosis ... #Evaluation #workup ... Diagnosis #acidosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
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Acid Base Disorders ... failure (uremia ... acidosis/Chronic ... #Acid #Base #Gas ... #VBG #differential
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Metabolic Alkalosis ... • Chronic diarrhea ... Anion gap metabolic ... #nephrology #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Metabolic Acidosis ... Diarrhea B. ... Renal acidosis ... #NonGap #Metabolic ... #Acidosis #differential