masa round, u saw an ABG & u were like "ni respiratory acidosis ni"
then MO come "eh this is Chronic respiratory acidosis"
Then your specialist come "walao, ni acute on chronic respiratory acidosis"
then consultant come "eh got concurrent metabolic acidosis sumore"
then you were like "eh where got lah ??"
i know some of you already know how to interprete ABG so well ady. BUt ill just put it out there for those yg still find ABG a tad difficult to read. ill try to simplify it for you
WARNING: Long post
step by step ABG interpretation macam ni:
step 1: is it acidosis or alkalosis (tgk pH)
step 2: is it respiratory or metabolic (tgk CO2, HCO3)
okay upto this point semua org tahu kan. even the normal value all? so aku x mention
things they might not teach you about Dengue Fever
lets talk about warning signs... that you think is not warning signs
#1 Lethargy.. how lethargic is lethargic?
You see, most dengue fever comes with high grade fever (temp>38) and of course, the patient is bound to "feel" lethargic.
nak setting bipap based on abg ni senang je 1) abg show PaO2 < 60 (pt hypoxemic) means ada oxygenation problem 2) abg show low pH with high PaCO2 >45 means ada ventilatory problem
bipap ada dua setting
Ipap
Epap (sama macam PEEP) pressure nk maintain alveolar keep on opening during expiration.
Pressure support = Ipap - Epap
kalau ada oxygenation problem, increasekan Epap,n maintain kan pressure support.
contoh: kalau inital setting Epap 5
Ipap 10 (PS 5) so kalau kena increasekan Epap to 10, naikkan Ipap jadi 15