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Top 20 Metabolic Disturbances

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Metabolic Disturbances

Medical Acid Base Explained Clearly, MedCram (1:52:43)

This series of videos is very informative and they contain many examples. Playlist is split into 8 parts, 8-18 minutes each, and has a total run time of about two hours.  


Acid-Base, Louisville (59:08)

This video is a great start to learning about acid-base, as it provides a thorough introduction before describing respiratory and metabolic, alkalosis and acidosis.

Dr. George Aronoff, from the University of Louisville, starts with defining the terms related to acid-base disorders and also covers the bicarbonate buffer system, Henderson-Hasselbalch, Kassirer and Bleich, and relationship between pH and H+ in his introduction. He then goes on to describe simple Acid-Base disturbance.


Metabolic Acidosis - CRASH! USMLE Step 2 and 3, Paul Bolin (37:13)

The video begins with an introduction on metabolic disturbances and describes the steps taken to diagnoses an acid-base disturbance. It is through and well explained.  The video starts by listing the anion and non-anion gap metabolic acidosis. The strength of this video is that it goes into details about each of the disorders, describing the cause, symptom, diagnosis, and treatments related to each.


Metabolic Alkalosis - CRASH! USMLE Step 2 and 3, Paul Bolin (25:19)

The principles of metabolic alkalosis is discussed in relation to milk-alkali syndrome, GI loss, diuretic use, high-aldosterone state. For each case of metabolic alkalosis, the cause, symptom, diagnosis, and treatments of each are discussed. In addition, a visual of the pathway of cause and effect is described using pieces of his hand drawn notes. At the end, he provides an incredibly useful diagnosis tree that he talks through.

Renal Tubular Acidosis - CRASH! USMLE Step 2 and 3, Paul Bolin (17:10)

The video does a great job at explaining the three types of renal tubular acidosis. It has a slide on each time that is easy to follow along. The video also incorporates a hand drawn nephron that is referred to a number of times. Finally, a summary table is made available at the end to summarize some key points.  


UConn Acid-Base Online Tutorial

A quick and easy website on acid/base disturbances and compensatory mechanisms and how bicarbonate and protons are handled in the renal system. It gives a good overview of the bicarbonate acid/base buffer system.


Acid-Base Tutorial, Alan Grogono

A thorough and in-depth website dedicated to beginners who don’t quite yet understand the acid/base concept. Given the breadth of material, there is a lot of information and readers must sift through what they know and don’t already know. This source is very informative, making it a great site for those who don’t understand acid/base.