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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Values • pH: ... Alkalemia: • pH ... = Acidemia • pH ... Metabolic: pH ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
with the Anion Gap ... Do you need an ABG ... approximates an ABG ... adding ~0.05 to pH ... • Non-Anion Gap
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
NAGMA - Chem, ABG ... or VBG - Calculate ... UA with urine pH ... secretion • Urine pH ... : • Urine pH
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... Look at the pH 2 ... direction of the pH ... more work = ANION GAP ... AmyChung #AcidBase #ABG
Hyperglycemic Crisis - Algorithm for DKA/HHS

Diagnostic criteria for DKA:
 • pH < 7.3
 • Anion gap
Hyperglycemic Crisis - Algorithm ... criteria for DKA: • pH ... 7.3 • Anion gap ... criteria for HHS: • pH ... Hyperglycemic #Crisis #Algorithm
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
alcoholics, often can ... to marked anion gap ... acidosis (pH < ... blood glucose (BG ... marked increase in BG
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Gas Analysis 1. pH ... - non anion gap ... acidosis - anion gap ... acidbase #workup #algorithm
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
systemically ill and can ... antibodies #Diagnosis #EM ... #Differential #Algorithm
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
OTCs, herbals, abx ... - BMP, cap, CBC ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Hepatitis - Management Algorithm ... steroid and use ABx ... in severe AH - can ... Hepatitis #Management #Algorithm