Renal
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Emily
Our professors continually told us that the kidney is the "smartest organ in the body" (still not sure about that). Th ...
Our meeting with the Kidney Doctor
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Kelly
We met with Dr. Ben-Ezer, the Kidney Doctor at CHOC for 3 ½ hours yesterday. Overall, I was very impressed with this doc ...
Acid Base for iPhone
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Alan T.
Free Radical have released Acid Plus for the iPhoneFeatures:* Fast, accurate input using the dial * Primary calculations includ ...
Preserving Muscle Mass
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Tony B.
Plant Foods for Preserving Muscle Mass - News from the USDA Agricultural Research Service This study had escaped our eye until n ...
Update
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I’m back to work today, and overall feel better. I was able to rest the past 2 days, which helped a lot, although I’ ...
Diet and Aging
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Matt M.
Here is a paper worth reading, "Diet, Evolution, and Aging." The paper deals with acid-alkaline balance in the human ...
Introduction To Kidney Disease
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I had answered an interesting question earlier today. Not once, but twice. "Why don't doctors clean out a person's kidney w ...
Web Resources
Anion gap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main article: High anion gap metabolic acidosis... Alcohol (such as ethanol) can cause a high anion gap acidosis in some patients, but a mixed picture in ...
Metabolic acidosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia To distinguish between the main types of metabolic acidosis, a clinical tool called the anion gap is considered very useful. It is calculated by subtracting ...
Avandamet Warnings & Precautions Lactic acidosis is characterized by elevated blood lactate levels (> 5 mmol/ L), decreased blood pH, electrolyte disturbances with an increased anion gap, ...
Lactic Acidosis - The Body Lactic acidosis is one of several conditions possibly caused by damage to ... monitoring serum bicarbonate anion gap, and measuring liver function. ...
Pocket Guide hypophosphopatemia, glycosuria, hypokalemia, non-anion gap, metabolic acidosis. May be asymptomatic or sign of diabetes insipidus. Risks: Advanced ...
What's New in Treatment Information? - The Body Another study looked at the rate of elevated anion gap, another lab test that's often high in people with lactic acidosis. This study analyzed the data from ...
[EMR]-Acetaminophen Toxicity Increased anion gap metabolic acidosis as a result of 5-oxoproline (pyroglutamic acid): A role for acetaminophen. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006;1:441-447. 24. ...
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MUDPILES and Normal Anion Gap Acidosis - USMLE Forums Now how about the normal anion gap acidosis! In fact in USMLE they are more likely to test you about normal anion gap acidosis the increased anion gap because they know that you memorized the Mud Piles So here' a mnemonic for the normal ...
DB's Medical Rants » Blog Archive » A normal gap acidosis dissected This is a normal gap acidosis. Note the decreased bicarbonate and anion gap of 9. Is the respiratory compensation correct? We use the Winter's equation. With a calculated bicarbonate (from the ABG) of 15, we would expect a pCO2 of ...
DB's Medical Rants » Blog Archive » 17 days at the VA – day 9 First, we must explain the gap. This is a classic uremic anion gap acidosis – the patient has a markedly elevated PO4 of 6.6. While we cannot use a formula to estimate the gap from an elevated PO4 this clearly is in range. ...
hypercholremic metabolic acidosis - Health Resources - Health ... Metabolic acidosis may be caused by loss of bases (chemicals which readily . Hyperchloremia · Hypochloremia. Acid-base. Acidosis . -> Metabolic Acidosis Metabolic Acidosis, Non-Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis, Anion Gap . ...