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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
HealthCentral Search Results Possible causes of an increased anion gap acidosis include diabetic ketoacidosis , renal failure, ingestions of methanol or ethylene glycol, aspirin toxicity ...
Topamax Warnings & Precautions Hyperchloremic, non-anion gap, metabolic acidosis (i. e., decreased serum bicarbonate below the normal reference range in the absence of chronic respiratory ...
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. ...
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, ...
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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 » An acidosis question Hi sir, Is it non anion gap meatbolic acidosis assuming his albumin is normal, with somewhat adequte respiratory compensation..due to renal failure..will treat with HCO3 until symptoms resolve..although he may need long term treatment ...
Acid-Base Chapters (Chapters 10-16) from Fluids Chapter 11: Introduction to Metabolic Acidosis. 11 Introduction to Metabolic Acidosis ... Chapter 13: Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis. 13 Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... Chapter 15: Respiratory Acidosis. 15 Respiratory Acidosis ...
Diarrhea Cause Hyperchloraemic Acidosis Thanks Angel Hypokalaemia ... Consequently there is Normal Anion Gap metabolic acidosis aka Hyperchloremic Metabolic acidosis. As far mechanism of development of hypokalemia is concerned ,it is interesting. Large intestine has the same channels as Ep Na channels ...