Severe anion gap metabolic acidosis associated with initiation of a very low-carbohydrate diet.
Sijan BasnetNiranjan TachamoSalik NazirRashmi DhitalAsad JehangirAnthony A DonatoPublished in: Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives (2019)
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.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- roux en y gastric bypass
- end stage renal disease
- gastric bypass
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- early onset
- ionic liquid
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- weight gain
- glycemic control
- obese patients
- drug induced
- sleep quality
- study protocol
- placebo controlled