ALLMedicine™ Anion Gap Center

Jul 21st, 2022 - Epidemiological evidence suggests that anion gap (AG) has been reported to serve as an independent predictor for mortality in different diseases. We studied the effect of AG on both short and long-term mortalities in critically ill patients with h...

Jul 15th, 2022 - Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is the most common type of renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in children. Pediatric dRTA is usually genetic and rarely occurs due to acquired issues such as obstructive uropathies, recurrent urinary tract infections...

Jul 14th, 2022 - With diabetes incidence growing globally and metformin still being the first-line for its treatment, metformin's toxicity and overdose have been increasing. Hence, its mortality rate is increasing. For the first time, we aimed to study the efficac...

Jul 11th, 2022 - Ammonium is a major urinary buffer that is necessary for the normal excretion of the daily acid load. Its urinary rate of excretion (UNH4) may be increased several fold in the presence of extrarenal metabolic acidosis. Therefore, measurement of UN...

Jul 7th, 2022 - To highlight the implications of the metabolic stress response and the role of anaesthesia in attenuating its deleterious effects, we present this extremely rare case of non-diabetic euglycaemic ketoacidosis with rapid weight loss in a post-trauma...

Apr 28th, 2022 - BACKGROUND: The urea & electrolyte (U&E) panel is a common blood test that is often performed for any ill patients in a hospital. Evaluation of this panel can reveal serious underlying acid-base disturbances, often a harbinger of further haemodyna...

Mar 31st, 2022 - Benign hypertrophy of the prostate (BPH) is a disease seen in 20% of men over the age of 50 and in 40% of those over the age of 70. The gold standard in the treatment of BPH is transurethral resection of the prostate using high-frequency diathermy...

Sep 30th, 2021 - In this randomized controlled trial, the investigator will find the difference in pre and postoperative value of base excess among the different fluid groups which is an acid-base parameter indicating volume status and mobilization of lipid stores...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - The transition from IV Insulin Infusion (IVII) to Subcutaneous Long-acting insulin injections in Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) management frequently results in rebound hyperglycemia, particularly if there are high insulin requirements that can adver...

Sep 16th, 2021 - This is a two-arm single-center pilot phase II clinical trial. Patients will be screened at the time of hospital admission and will be required to be enrolled within the clinical trial within 48 hours of hospital admission. In the individualized, ...

Jan 19th, 2022 - On the basis of the patient's history and clinical presentation, the likely diagnosis is ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD) type 2. KPD is widely thought of as an atypical diabetes syndrome, though some groups consider it to be a common clinical present.

Oct 1st, 2021 - CASE Sluggish, weak, and incoherent Mr. O, age 24, who has a history of schizophrenia and obesity, presents to the emergency department (ED) for altered mental status (AMS).

May 12th, 2021 - An 88-year-old male veteran with a medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on home oxygen, chronic alcohol use, squamous cell carcinoma of the lung status after left upper lobectomy, and a 5. 7 cm thoracic aortic aneurysm wa.

Apr 8th, 2021 - THE CASE John C* is a 57-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and schizophrenia who followed up with a psychiatrist monthly at the community mental health center (CMHC). He had no primary care doctor.

Mar 10th, 2021 - COVID-19 appeared to increase risk of mortality in people hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), researchers reported. In a comparison of hospitalized DKA patients from February to September 2020, 30% of those who also had COVID-19 died in...