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Severe anion gap metabolic acidosis associated with initiation of a very low-carbohydrate diet
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Severe anion gap metabolic acidosis associated with initiation of a very low-carbohydrate diet

Sijan Basnet, Niranjan Tachamo, Salik Nazir, Rashmi Dhital, Asad Jehangir and Anthony Donato
Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, v 9(2), pp 165-167
Apr 2019
PMID: 31044050
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https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1583534View
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General & Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal Science & Technology
Low carbohydrate diets have been popularized as an effective solution for weight loss. Although rare, life-threatening anion gap metabolic acidosis has been reported in patients on these diets. We present a case of a 31-year-old man with atypical symptoms of chest pain and shortness of breath found to have severe metabolic acidosis after starting low carbohydrate diet for a week.

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