RT Book, Section
A1 Anker, Naomi B.
A1 Cho, Kerry C.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166170300
T1 Metabolic Acidosis
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455281
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166170300
RD 2022/05/20
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISDecreased  HCO3–  with  acidemia.Classified  into  increased  anion  gap  acidosis  and  normal  anion  gap  acidosis.Lactic  acidosis,  ketoacidosis,  and  toxins  produce  metabolic  acidoses  with  the  largest  anion  gaps.Normal  anion  gap  acidosis  is  mainly  caused  by  gastrointestinal  HCO3–  loss  or  RTA.  Urinary  anion  gap  may  help  distinguish  between  these  causes.