Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Describe how the body deals with an acid load with reference to: Buffer systems (bicarbonate, hemoglobin); Lungs (alveolar ventilation); Kidneys (net acid excretion).
• Employ an approach to metabolic acidosis including using the anion gap to solve clinical problems.

• Upon completion of this problem, students will expand on the material learned in the previous case to be able to use laboratory values to calculate patients’ compensatory responses to metabolic acid-base disorders.

Assessments

• Medical Foundation 2

• Medical Foundation 2

• MF2 CAE 1

Tags

2010 Medical Foundation 2 Part 2 Renal Week 2 Part 2 Week 2 Emergency Medicine Nephrology Acid-Base Abnormalities Acute Diarrhea Dyspnea Hypokalemia 1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests. 1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice 1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare Acid-Base Equilibrium [G09.188.050] Acid-Base Imbalance [C18.452.076] Acidosis [C18.452.076.176] Alkalosis [C18.452.076.354] Bicarbonates [D01.200.275.150.100] Crohn Disease [C06.405.205.731.500] Diarrhea [C23.888.821.214] Dizziness [C10.597.751.237] Dyspnea [C23.888.852.371] Hypokalemia [C18.452.950.565] Muscle Weakness [C10.597.613.593]