06.06 Endo/Metabolic

Written By Joan

06.06 Endocrine / Metabolic [PDF link]: Acid-base balance – Blood gas interpretation (ABG / VBG), Metabolic acidosis – normal anion gap, raised anion gap, Renal tubular acidosis, Metabolic alkalosis, Respiratory acidosis, Respiratory alkalosis. Hypercholesterolaemia.

External links

More on acid-base imbalance

  • Very nice case presentation on how acid-base imbalance can present – Takayesu JK, Bazari H, Linshaw M. Case 7-2006: A 47-Year-Old Man with Altered Mental Status and Acute Renal Failure. N Engl J Med 2006;354:1065–72. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcpc059043.

    • Spoiler alert: ethylene glycol poisoning

More on hypercholesterolaemia

  • NICE guideline NG238 discusses risk assessment and reduction in cardiovascular disease, including lipid modification – specifically 1.4 to 1.12 covers hypercholesterolaemia and its management

  • NICE clinical guideline CG71 and this CKS page covers familial hypercholesterolaemia in particular

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