
#88 Acid base, boy bands, and grandfather clocks with Joel Topf MD
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
00:00
How to Diagnose a Low Anion Gap
I do adjust anion gaps for albumin when i'm looking to see if there's an anion gap Um That's how I do it Sounds like this is something you guys all run into you take that. The other thing that's like a favorite PIMP question is what causes a low anion gap You'll come across a patient's got anAnion gap of three and they're every attending has the same story at the time They diagnose somebody with multiple myeloma from the low anion Gap Right And and it's a great moment. Right like they've they have you they've converted a basic metabolic profile totally routine lab into a pretty advanced diagnostic test. It's really
Transcript
Play full episode