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🎮 ABG Acid-Base Balance Challenge
Choose your difficulty level and test your diagnostic skills!
🎮 How to Play
Goal: Analyze patient symptomsSubjective experiences reported by the patient (e.g., nausea, fatigue)., clinical signsObjective clinical findings observable by a provider (e.g., edema, fever)., and arterial blood gas (ABG) results to correctly diagnose acid-base disorders. Each level has 10 questions. Collect as many lungs and kidneys as you can!
Rewards & Penalties:
- Correct respiratory diagnosis: Earn 1 lung 🫁
- Correct metabolic diagnosis: Earn 1 kidney 🫘
- Correct normal ABG: Earn 1 lung AND 1 kidney
- Wrong respiratory diagnosis: Lose 1 lung (if you have any)
- Wrong metabolic diagnosis: Lose 1 kidney (if you have any)
- Any mistake involving Normal ABG: Lose 1 lung AND 1 kidney (if you have any)
- This includes saying it’s normal when it isn’t, or saying it isn’t normal when it is!
Tip: Look at the pHA measure of hydrogen ion concentration in a solution. first to determine if it’s acidosisA condition where blood pH falls below 7.35. (low) or alkalosisA condition where blood pH rises above 7.45. (high), then check if PaCO₂ or HCO₃⁻ is the primary cause!
Patient Case
Symptoms:
Clinical Signs:
Arterial Blood Gas Results
What is your diagnosis?
Question 1 of 10
Level 1 Complete!
You’ve completed all 10 questions!