Acid-Base Disorders - Sketchy Medical (USMLE Step 1 Review)

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Meet pHrodo on his quest to restore pH balance to the land of Moracid. Here, dangerous ACID lava flows LOW in the scene, while brilliant blue BASIC pools decorate the HIGH mountaintops.

Through the characters and symbols encountered on his journey, learn how to:
- Interpret acid-base status using ABG results (pH, PaCO2, and bicarbonate)
- Identify the four major acid-base disorders (metabolic acidosis, metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis), their compensatory mechanisms, and most common causes.
- Calculate the anion gap and osmol gap.

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