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29.08.2019 | Case Report
Misdiagnosis of high anion gap acidosis owing to instrument error of a device
verfasst von:
Masayuki Tanemoto, Seiki Yamada, Takahide Kimura, Takeshi Yokoyama, Yukio Okazaki
Erschienen in:
CEN Case Reports
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Ausgabe 4/2019
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Abstract
The anion gap (AG) is a tool to diagnose metabolic acid–base disorders in the physiological approach to acid–base assessment. It is used to detect high AG acidosis, a type of metabolic acidosis caused by serum concentration increase in usually unmeasured anions; AG larger than the reference for it indicates the presence of high AG acidosis. This report presents a case of hyperlactatemia which was not detected as high AG acidosis possibly because of instrument error of a device in measurement of serum sodium and chloride concentrations. The case indicates that the error will make AG unable to detect high AG acidosis of any cause. Hence, upon suspicion of high AG acidosis caused by measurable anions such as lactate and ketones, it is recommended to measure their serum concentration.