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acidosis. The term
acidemia describes the
state of low
blood pH, when
arterial pH
falls below 7.35 (except in the
fetus – see below)
while acidosis is...
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Metabolic acidosis is a
serious electrolyte disorder characterized by an
imbalance in the body's acid-base balance.
Metabolic acidosis has
three main root...
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treat the
acidosis. In some situations,
hemofiltration (purification of the blood) is
temporarily required. In rare
chronic forms of
lactic acidosis caused...
- High
anion gap
metabolic acidosis is a form of
metabolic acidosis characterized by a high
anion gap (a
medical value based on the
concentrations of ions...
- HCO−3/PaCO2
ratio and
decreases pH.
Respiratory acidosis can be
acute or chronic. In
acute respiratory acidosis, the PaCO2 is
elevated above the
upper limit...
- (7.35), this is
called acidemia. The
metabolic acidosis caused by RTA is a
normal anion gap
acidosis. An
overview of
types 1, 2, and 4 is
presented below...
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Hyperchloremic acidosis is a form of
metabolic acidosis ****ociated with a
normal anion gap, a
decrease in
plasma bicarbonate concentration, and an increase...
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calculated to
identify metabolic acidosis. If the gap is
greater than normal, then high
anion gap
metabolic acidosis is diagnosed. The term "anion gap"...
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MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalopathy,
Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) is one of the
family of
mitochondrial diseases,
which also
include MIDD...
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anion gap
acidosis is an
acidosis that is not
accompanied by an
abnormally increased anion gap. The most
common cause of
normal anion gap
acidosis is diarrhea...
