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.

[6,7,8,9,10,11] Published reports that evaluated topiramate-associated hyperchloremic, normal anion-gap, metabolic acidosis were identified via a MEDLINE search (1966-May 2007) and included six ...

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 ...