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Hyperchloremic acidosis causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Causes
Causes
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.
References
References
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