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What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
VBG vs ABG BOTTOM ... , 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
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Values • pH: ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
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
Dynamic Air Bronchograms on Lung Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

If you're looking for something to stare
Point of Care Ultrasound ... haileyahobbs #Dynamic #AirBronchograms ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... POCUS #Clinical #Pulmonary
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
Dynamic Air Bronchograms of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

One of the best images of dynamic air bronchograms
NephroP #Dynamic #AirBronchograms ... #Lung #POCUS #pulmonary ... #ultrasound
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
Air Bronchograms on Ultrasound

Opacification of alveolar spaces surrounding air-filled bronchioles; enables visualization of well-defined tissue/air interface;
Bronchograms on Ultrasound ... bronchograms (AB ... consolidation; static AB ... UAlberta_CCUS #AirBronchograms ... Clinical #Lung #Ultrasound