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IBCC Episode 54 - Approach to Acid Base Disorders
IBCC Episode 54 - Approach to Acid Base Disorders
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20 minutes
Released:
Sep 12, 2019
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In this episode, we cover the foundations to every day clinical medicine in the ICU: Acid base. As our patients are either often too sick to regulate their own homeostasis, or what we are doing to them prevents their lungs or kidneys from doing so, we give you the approach to recognizing Acid Base disorders. Step 1: Calculate the Anion Gap Step 2: Look at the Bicarbonate level Step 3: Compare the change in Anion Gap to the Change in Bicarbonate
Released:
Sep 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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