The Synapse Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Podcast
The Synapse is a Critical Care and Emergency Medicine podcast breaking down topics and case studies into simple easy-to-digest segments to help build paramedic, nurse, and other pre-hospital and hospital clinicians into more robust providers. This podcast is open to any and all Emergency Medicine and Critical Care healthcare providers both in and out-of-hospital. Every effort is made to put out as many various topics to cater to everyone's interests and levels. Leave your technician hat outside, put on your clinician hat, and join us!
**Disclosures:
1) This is a non-monetary podcast, created and edited for free for your enjoyment and learning purposes.
2) The opinions and information presented in these podcast episodes is based off of up-to-date research, the latest evidence-based-guidelines, and/or anecdotal experience/opinions of the author.
3) Under no circumstances does this podcast or the information presented within each episode serve as authorization to work outside your guidelines, protocols, or workplace rules otherwise. When in doubt, contact Medical Control for guidance.
The Synapse Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Podcast
The Synapse Season 2 Episode 99 - The "Anti-Winters" Formula
Ok, we talked about Winters Formula for expected PaCO2 in metabolic acidosis...but what happens if our patient has the opposite issue, and is metabolic alkalosis instead? Is there a magical (albeit empirical) equation to help with PaCO2 prediction there too? Well, ask and thee shalt receiveth! There IS an equation, but it is the lesser-known (and un-named) cousin to Winters Formula. What is it, how do we use it, and what are the pitfalls? Glad you asked! Come join me and find out!
Expected PaCO2 = 0.7 x [HCO3] + 21 (+/- 1.5)
