My Pulmonary Rotation
Guide to Clinical Experience at Ephraim McDowell Lung Center

Blood Gas Core Concepts

What limits the respiratory compensation to a metabolic alkalosis?

What is the diagnostic significance of an acute respiratory acidosis?

What substance contributes most significantly to a normal anion gap?

What do you this is the most common cause of the follow acid-base disturbances: Metabolic Acidosis in the Emergency Department

What do you this is the most common cause of the follow acid-base disturbances: Metabolic Acidosis in a Hospitalized Patient

What do you this is the most common cause of the follow acid-base disturbances: Metabolic Alkalosis in the Emergency Department

What do you this is the most common cause of the follow acid-base disturbances: Metabolic Alkalosis in Medical Hospitalized Patient

What do you this is the most common cause of the follow acid-base disturbances: Metabolic Alkalosis in a Surgical Hospitalized Patient

What do you this is the most common cause of the follow acid-base disturbances: Respiratory Alkalosis in the Intensive Care Unit

What is the clinical significance of a patient presenting with a metabolic acidosis and a measured PCO2 of 38 but an expected PCO2 of 25?

What is the clinical significance of a patient presenting with a metabolic acidosis and a measured PCO2 of 38 but an expected PCO2 of 25?

What is the clinical significance of a patient presenting with a metabolic acidosis and a measured PCO2 of 38 but an expected PCO2 of 25?

What is a physiologic argument one can make for limiting flow rates to those achieving a saturation of no more than 94%?