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What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
obtained than ABG ... , pH correlates ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #ABG #VBG #Differences ... Versus #Comparison #PH
ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
ABG vs VBG: Arterial ... Blood Gases ABG ... environment looks like (pH ... Correlation #Comparison #pH ... #pCO2 #Diagnosis
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis - Metabolic + Respiratory Acidosis + Alkalosis

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG ... + Alkalosis pH ... Metabolic acidosis pH ... Arterial #BloodGas #ABG ... Interpretation #AcidBase #Diagnosis
Blood Gas Analysis and Interpretation
STEPS TO ANALYSIS
1. Look at PH. Alkalotic or acidotic?
Look at PH. ... component agrees with pH ... Whichever agrees with pH ... #BloodGas #ABG # ... #diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
ABG And BMP Normal ... Values • pH: ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Mobile Cardiac Thrombus on POCUS Echocardiogram

Pinball!
- Dr. Alexandre Aby Azar @alexandre_aby

#Intracardiac #Thrombus #Mobile #Pinball #Clinical #POCUS
Cardiac Thrombus on POCUS ... Alexandre Aby Azar ... Pinball #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #Ultrasound #Atrial
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
and Differential Diagnosis ... approximates an ABG ... adding ~0.05 to pH ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
- Differential Diagnosis ... NAGMA - Chem, ABG ... or VBG - Calculate ... UA with urine pH ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Endocarditis on POCUS ... Time for abx: daptomycin ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #Endocarditis #POCUS ... clinical #a4c #cardiology
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... ” EI > 1 - POCUS ... Pocus101 #DSign #Ultrasound ... echocardiogram #psax #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pocus