GiT Updates and More

classification of anti arrhythmic drugs

Magnisum Disorders ( Hypomagnesemia and Hypermagnesemia )

Clinical Examination of Patients with Diabetes

Management of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

✳️ Expert consensus statements for the management of COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-021-03491-y

complication of gallstones

causes of acute pancreatitis

Drugs used to treat clotting Disorders

crohn’s disease

Non malignant causes of elevated CA19.9 .. ⭕️ A new cause for CA19.9 elevation: heavy tea consumption https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773667/

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

apple 🍎 core sign ( CRC )

SBP

✳️ Hypomagnesemia

✳️ Venous Blood Gases 1️⃣Whilst not providing quite as much information as arterial samples, VBGs are incredibly useful in the initial work- up of many cases . 2️⃣The availability and ease with which samples can be processed by modern analysers has meant that VBG analysis has become routine. 3️⃣The biggest advantage for the patient is that VBG analysis does not require a painful arterial puncture— it can be performed on a sample that was going to be taken for lab analysis, rather than done as an additional test. 4️⃣A venous blood sample will give accurate readings for K+, lactate, glucose, HCO3– , haemoglobin (Hb), and COHb. 5️⃣In addition, a normal venous pCO2 will exclude hypercarbia. 6️⃣Venous lactate levels are useful in helping with the early identification of patients who are sicker than they initially appear to be, particularly those with sepsis. 7️⃣Use serial VBG analyses to establish the response to treatment, especially in terms of lactate and K+.