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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase ... #Summary #Nephrology ... #ABG #bloodgas ... #Acid #Base #Gas
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Generally, for acid ... ~0.05 to pH and ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... Gas Analysis 1. pH ... #workup #algorithm ... #diagnosis #acidosis ... #alkalosis #metabolic
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... Interpretation and Acid-Base ... need to do more work ... MSc @AmyChung #AcidBase ... #Diagnosis
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
- Diarrhea pH ... Metabolic alkalosis ... Renal artery stenosis ... #Causes #Workup ... #Nephrology
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Workup ... NAGMA - Chem, ABG ... NonAnionGap #Acidosis #Metabolic ... #Workup #nephrology
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup
Blood Work:
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hypomagnesemia
 - Metabolic Alkalosis
 - Elevated
and Workup Blood ... Hypomagnesemia - Metabolic ... Alkalosis - Elevated ... Ultrasound - No ... #Workup #nephrology