A 64 year old man presents with fever and SOB.
He has a partially compensated respiratory alkalosis with
hyponatraemia
high lactate
Risk stratification systems are useful for determining hospital discharge policies and antimicrobial therapy in patients with pneumonia, and identifying patients at risk of adverse outcomes.
Many scoring systems exist:
CURB 65
- confusion, urea >7, RR >30 , BP <90/60, age>65
- scoring: 0-1 low risk, 2 mod risk, >3 high risk (30% 30 day mortality)
CORB
- confusion, O2 <90%, RR>30, BP<90/60
- scoring: severe pneumonia is 2 or more
SMART COP
PSI
Causes of Respiratory Alkalosis |
1. Central Causes (direct action via respiratory centre) |
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2. Hypoxaemia (act via peripheral chemoreceptors) |
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3. Pulmonary Causes (act via intrapulmonary receptors) |
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4. Iatrogenic (act directly on ventilation) |
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