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 ...
Lab Report from 02-05
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Nathan M.
Here is my lab report from Monday's clinic visit. You will notice that my creatinine is still 1.0 (which is great)! My other n ...
Full Lab Report: 2007-01-19
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Nathan M.
I had some success posting a table in the blog the other day, so I decided to post my FULL lab report from Friday the 19th. Ke ...
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 ...
Recognizing Acute DIC An elevated anion gap in this instance is possibly suggestive of a metabolic acidosis. Thrombocytopenia, low fibrinogen (a protein produced in the liver to ...
You should not do abdominal sit-ups or crunches after childbirth until the gap in your abdominal muscles closes -- it takes 4-8 weeks.
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Acid-Base Primer #1 – Anion Gap Acidosis | DB's Medical Rants Anion Gap Acidosis. This represents the first in a series of 7 lectures that I plan for understanding acid-base problems. Please provide feedback and questions. I plan to collect questions over a few days and then prepare an audio ...
An iatrogenic cause of increased anion gap acidosis | DB's Medical ... Bicarbonate infusions were initiated and the sedating agent was changed to midazolam. Resolution of the acidosis and renal failure subsequently occurred within 5 days. When I teach increased anion gap acidosis, I use the initials KILU. ...
Acid-base 301 – solving yesterday's morning report case | DB's ... Now we must consider the differential diagnosis of an anion gap acidosis. My first Medscape case included my standard discussion of anion gap acidosis. A Disoriented, Nauseated Car-Wreck Victim and Solution to “A Disoriented, ...
AMS – an acid-base problem II | DB's Medical Rants anion gap of 21 – therefore anion gap acidosis; pCO2 = 47 – hypoventilation thus respiratory acidosis; Delta gap supports bicarbonate of 33 (add 9 to 24 – the 9 being the difference between the observed anion gap and the expected anion ...