Profound metabolic acidosis from pyroglutamic acidemia: An underappreciated cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-452

  Green, Thomas J ^a   Bijlsma, Jan Jaap ^a   Sweet, David D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 oxoproline; Acetaminophen; Case report; Malnutrition; Metabolic acidosis; Pyroglutamic acid

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORINE; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM; THIAMINE; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREA;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMBULANCE; ANION GAP; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; BODY MASS; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; EATING DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INGESTION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PYROGLUTAMIC ACIDEMIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESTLESSNESS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TACHYPNEA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; OPIATE ADDICTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID;

EID: 79952198330     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S148180350001263X     Document Type: Article

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