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A 65 year old male undergoes a cystectomy for bladder cancer and an ileal conduit is formed. Five days post-operative you are asked to review him. He is tachypnoeic and anorexic. He complains of abdominal pain, diarrhoea and is pyrexial. His sodium is 137 mmol/L, chloride 90 mmol/L, serum potassium 4.0 mmol/L and bicarbonate 13 mmol/L. You note his acidosis.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Disorders of Acid Base Balance. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_9
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