Hyperchloremic acidosis causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The mnemonic for the most common causes of a normal-anion gap metabolic acidosis is “DURHAM.”

• D– Diarrhea

• U– Ureteral diversion

• R– Renal tubular acidosis

• H– Hyperailmentation

• A– Addison’s disease, acetazolamide, ammonium chloride

• M– Miscellaneous (chloridorrhea, amphotericin B, toluene – toluene causes high anion gap metabolic acidosis followed by normal anion gap metabolic acidosis.