| Literature DB >> 20644581 |
Philip D Shull1, Jayson Rapoport.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A 52-year-old man with a history of alcohol dependency was admitted to the emergency room with life-threatening anion gap metabolic acidosis. He admitted to drinking large quantities of alcohol during the previous day. INVESTIGATIONS: Physical examination, blood and urine analyses, including calculation of his anion gap and plasma osmolal gap, and measurement of serum alcohol levels. DIAGNOSIS: Severe but rapidly reversible lactic acidosis and associated alcohol-induced ketoacidosis. MANAGEMENT: Intravenous thiamine, intravenous fluids and bicarbonate.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20644581 DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2010.99
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Nephrol ISSN: 1759-5061 Impact factor: 28.314