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Imaging Case of the Week 540 Answer
The wrist x-ray shows Continue reading
Imaging Case of the Week 539 Answer
The right costophrenic angle is obliterated suggestive of an effusion on the right. Continue reading
Imaging Case of the Week 541
3 year old with respiratory distress. What can be noticed? Continue reading
Lab case 399
38 year old lady presented to the emergency department with recurrent vomiting. She was found to have a slipped lapband. Her venous blood gases showed the following
PH = 7.43
pCO2 = 61 mmHg
Lab case 398 interepretation
Question 1:
PH = 7.14, that is severe acidaemia
pCO2 = 53 mmHg, So we have respiratory acidosis. Next we will calculate the compensation.
Imaging Case of the Week 540
Left wrist pain following FOOSH. What can be seen? Continue reading
Lab case 398
75 year old man was brought to ED by ambulance in VF cardiac arrest , CPR in progress. His venous blood gases showed the following
PH = 7.14
pCO2 = 53 mmHg
ECG of the Week 1 February 2023 – Interpretation
ECG of the Week 1 February 2023 – Interpretation
Lab case 397 Interpretation
Question 1:
PH = 7.32 ( less than 7.35) so, we have mild acidaemia.
PCO2 = 48 (on arterial blood gas > 40), so we have respiratory acidosis.