Podcast 864: Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) vs Veno...

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"ABGs are easy as 1,2,3!!"
In this episode Dr Matt and Dr Mike explain how to read an arterial blood gas (ABG) report and help determine whether a patient has a respiratory or metabolic based acidosis or alkalosis. They also look at some complex mixed cases and exp ...

Blood gases are really commonly used in ED, Critical Care, Respiratory Medicine and Prehospitally. In fact, you'd do well to walk 10 meters in an ED without being given one to sign off! But it's for good reason, because they give you additional information about what's going o ...

This episode is a discussion about how to approach an arterial blood gas result. 

In this video we talked ABG analysis and different types of acidosis and alkalosis, then breaking it down to metabolic and respiratory. Whether you’re a medstudent or nursing student, you’ll learn how to manage pulmonary embolism on this podcast. Be sure to check out medicalbasic ...  Show more