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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... #Base #Gas #VBG
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Asian countries (1 case ... granulomas within the lungs ... mediators such as ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Syndrome Acute ... • Presents as ... 14%), in which case ... Epstein-Barr virus (EBV ... an HIV Nucleic Acid
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... • Acutely (hours ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Non-productive cough 2. ... • Favorable in case
#ICUCard
RENAL
GFR
90-131
mL/min
((140-age)*Wt)/(72*Cr)
Glomerular Filtration Rate (Cockcroft)
CI Cr
90-131
mL/min
(CrU * volume)/CrS
Creatinine Clearance
FENa
0.0-1.0
%
((U/P Na)/(U/P Cr))*100
Fractional Excretion of Na+
Na req
mEq
(125-Na)*0.6*Wt
Required Sodium
FE Urea
ACID-BASE AG ... H_def 0 mEq Acid ... base Equation ... Distress Syndrome ... , Shunt < 20% VD
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... bubbles = PFO 2. ... syndrome #1: Pulm ... stretched PFO or ASD ... #clinical #pocus
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

Here's the bedside Echo of an 8-week-old boy who presented to
to the ER with acute ... He was born at term ... Blood from the Lungs ... Venous #Return #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... This post will focus ... /50 Rule (part 2) ... seen on a CXR.2 ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung