Calculation of the plasma anion gap is particularly useful in identifying the specific cause of metabolic acidosis and in narrowing the differential diagnosis. Anion Gap in Metabolic Acidosis.

altered mental status and anion gap metabolic acidosis. Subsequent review of the patient's medication list revealed that the he had been on linezolid for 6 weeks for the treatment of vancomycin ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(15):1430-1434. Kathryn D. Mathews, PharmD, is Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT; at the time of writing, she was Cardiology ...