Acid-Base

Acute anion gap metabolic acidosis. There is a secondary metabolic alkalosis based on the corrected HCO3 of 32. Winter’s formula shows adequate respiratory compensation as the expected pCO2 is 29 and the actual pCO2 is 28, within our range of ( 2. This patient is in DKA. A 75 year-old woman with five days of profound diarrhea. ABG: 7.30/30/83 ................
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