SMJ articles in the category "metabolic acidosis"

Case Report

New Anticonvulsants-New Adverse Effects

Abstract:Ongoing refinements in pharmacology continue to provide new medications for the treatment of seizure disorders and other neurologic conditions. The authors present the cases of two children who developed relatively uncommon adverse effects to new anticonvulsant medications, including metabolic acidosis with topiramate and hyponatremia with oxcarbazepine. In one of our…

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Case Report

An Unusual Case of Poisoning

The case of a 49-year-old alcoholic man with obtundation is presented. The patient was presumptively diagnosed with methanol intoxication due to the presence of metabolic acidosis with high anion and osmolar gaps. Laboratory testing revealed toxic levels of propylene glycol instead. An exercise in estimating the concentration of toxic alcohols…

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