ABG
How to Read the Blood Gas
The ABG or VBG become very important clues as to the diagnosis of some of the sickest patients...
More ABG Examples
A 21 year old man is brought in by his father with a one week history of vomiting....
Reading the ABG
The ABG is one of the most basic tests we run in the Emergency Department. It may be...
VBG in a 21 yo with vomiting and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
A 21 year old man is brought in by his father with a one week history of vomiting....
VBG: Elderly COPD patient with raised CO2
A 68 yo woman with known COPD, on home oxygen, presents a little drowsy. Her initial Co2 on...
A Case of Valproic Acid Overdose
The Case We saw quite an interesting toxicology case in the emergency department the other day, which highlights...
Solution to ‘The Patient has GAS’
A few people had a go. Well done! This is a tough one. This is my roundabout way...
Labs Example 1
Interpretation on ABG’s- Click above to watch a 12 minute video on interpretation of ABG’s. Example 1 INTERPRETATION...
The glue sniffer’s mother – a case study
Some people have asked me to present an old case I put up at the “Airway, CPR and Trauma”...