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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Rapid saline infusion ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... with associated hypoxia ... #VBG #differential
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... part of alveolar gas ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... Respiratory #Failure #hypoxia ... #Differential #
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... - Differential ... Anxiety • Pleural Effusion ... CNS lesion: ALS, MS ... plexus neuropathy, GBS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
oxygenation due to a gas ... lung disease Caused ... Arterial blood gas ... scanning or pulmonary ... HPS features - Complete
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... pleura in severe cases ... bronchograms (atelectasis has ... Possible bilateral effusion ... #differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... the patient’s complete ... Reduced tissue perfusion ... output - Acute pulmonary ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
When your patient has ... 3 courses of antibiotics ... Lung U/S shows complex ... effusion suspicious ... #pulmonary #ultrasound
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increase fresh gas ... rate, rhythm, perfusion ... arterial blood gas ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Airway #Pressure #Differential
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Increase fresh gas ... confirm reservoir bag ... using reservoir bag ... arterial blood gas ... o Aspiration, pulmonary
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Failure (ADHF) as ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential