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We describe a case of recurrent deterioration of renal function in a 54-year-old man who was found to have metabolic alkalosis, with a maximum PaCO(2) of 73.9 mmHg and a bicarbonate concentration of 55.3 mmol/l. He had a gradual exacerbation of nausea and vomiting due to atrophic gastritis, with a
This report describes a patient with gastroparesia and frequent emesis admitted with severe metabolic alkalaemia, hyperlactataemia and acute renal failure. Metabolic alkalaemia was not only due to hypochloraemia but also due to unmeasured cations. These cations were found to be present by
Between January 1980 and December 1987, ten Saudi Arabian children at Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) health care facilities in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia had cystic fibrosis (CF). The incidence of CF in Saudi Arab children less than or equal to 14 years was 1 in 4243. Five of the ten
Four women, aged 22 to 40 years, presented with severe hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis. Three had related neuromuscular symptoms. All four patients denied vomiting or diuretic ingestion, and a diagnosis of Bartter's syndrome was entertained. A diagnosis of surreptitious vomiting was suspected
Gitelman's syndrome is an autosomal recessive salt-losing tubulopathy showing hypokalemic hypomagnesemic hypocalciuria with metabolic alkalosis and hyperreninemic hyperaldosteronism. This syndrome is caused by mutations in the SLC12A3 gene that encodes sodium-chloride cotransporter expressed at the
A 39-year-old primigravida was admitted to the hospital in the 33rd week of pregnancy due to fetal retardation and placental insufficiency, malnutrition, decreased cutaneous turgor, and cardiotocographic (CTG) fetal distress. Body weight had increased subnormally through the 29th week of gestation