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Mind the gap…

June 3, 2014 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

the case.

a 29-year old female with a past history of anorexia nervosa, polycystic ovarian syndrome, chronic back pain and analgesic abuse presents to the Emergency Department.  She describes 3 days of bilateral ankle and facial swelling.  She tells you that she has been taking ‘lots of painkillers’ for her back pain. [Read more…]

Filed Under: #FOAM, Acid-Base, Metabolic, Renal Tagged With: acid base, metabolic acidosis, non-anion gap acidosis, renal tubular acidosis, urinary anion gap

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