Acute Medicine | Biochemistry | Metabolic acidosis: Investigation and management

Metabolic Acidosis: Investigation and Management
Session Overview
Description
This session considers the basic biochemistry underlying metabolic acidosis, respiratory compensation and the causes of both raised and normal anion gap metabolic acidoses.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe what constitutes a metabolic acidosis
• Explain the difference between a normal anion gap acidosis and a raised anion gap acidosis
• Describe management strategies for different underlying causes of metabolic acidosis