What is it about?
Metabolic acidosis is a commonly encountered condition in hospitalised patients. Proper evaluation and work-up can often lead to the diagnosis of the underlying disease responsible for the development of acidosis and the instigation of appropriate treatment. However, the process can be challenging and complex, especially when multiple disease processes exist simultaneously. Understanding the basic pathophysiological process and a systematic step-wise approach presented in this paper can be helpful in such complicated clinical scenarios.
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I hope this paper will provide the necessary information to the clinicians involved in managing hospitalised patients who develop metabolic acidosis in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand manner.
A/Prof Muhammad Masoom Javaid
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: How to work up an adult patient with metabolic acidosis, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, August 2022, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2021.0582.
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