Medmastery: bicarbonate loss and acid overload
Franz Wiesbauer explains how to differentiate between metabolic acidaemia caused by a loss of bicarbonate and that caused by the addition of acid.
Franz Wiesbauer explains how to differentiate between metabolic acidaemia caused by a loss of bicarbonate and that caused by the addition of acid.
Metabolic acidosis can occur in both acute and chronic renal disorders; the anion gap may be elevated, due to uraemic acidosis; the anion gap may be normal, due to renal tubular acidosis (RTA)