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09/06/06 - 06:22 PM

A patient is suffering from Non anion Gap metabolic acidosis with Hypokalemia.

What is the quickest method to differentiate that this disturbance is

of renal origin
of extra-renal origin

?????

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saadtazjam
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09/16/06 - 06:14 PM

BEst way is to calculate H+ ion excretion in Urine
Non Renal(ex grin

sirrhea):H+ excretion in Urine High
Renal(RTA):Low in RTA
Urine H+=Urine Cl-(Urine Na+K)
Hope that helps

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09/16/06 - 11:18 PM

plesae tell us how did u get the formalae:
ur-Na+K= ur-H+Cl

thanx

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