Summary: A 37-year-old man hospitalized for mental status changes and possible seizure developed hyperchloremic, normal anion-gap, metabolic acidosis. His medical history was significant for AIDS ...

Dr. David M. Dudzinski: A 72-year-old woman was evaluated at this hospital because of altered mental status. Five years before the current admission, the patient underwent transurethral resection ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(15):1430-1434. Kathryn D. Mathews, PharmD, is Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT; at the time of writing, she was Cardiology ...

She had respiratory acidosis and anion-gap metabolic acidosis. A diagnosis was made. What is the diagnosis? Cast your vote. Find the answers in the full text of the case, to be published in the ...

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Hyperglycemia (1187 mg/dL), metabolic acidosis (pH 7.27) with bicarbonate levels of 11.9 mmol/L, arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide of 25.7 mmHg with increased anion gap (equal to 25), and ...

The study by Lazar et al. proposes anion gap normalization time (AGNT) as a more reliable marker for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) resolution in pediatric patients, challenging traditional reliance on ...

2 On arrival to the emergency department, our patient presented with deep metabolic acidosis with high anion gap, a blood lactate concentration more than double the level observed in severe ...

DKA at T1D diagnosis, compared with no DKA, was associated with worse glycemic control outcomes and BMI among pediatric patients.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a complication of diabetes that occurs when the body doesn't produce enough insulin to utilize glucose (sugar) for energy. Instead, the liver starts breaking down ...