metabolic acidosis (normal anion gap)
Last reviewed 01/2018
Normal anion gap / hyperchloraemic acidosis:
- bicarbonate loss in the gut, e.g. pancreatic fistula, diarrhoea, utero-enterostomy
- renal tubular acidosis:
- proximal - bicarbonate loss
- distal - failure of acidification - proton pump failure
- treatment with excessive carbonic anhydrase inhibitors