NBME 24 Renal tubular acidosis (NBME Answers)

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submitted by magrufnis(0),

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mousie Anion Gap: Na - (Cl + HCO3) = normally around 10-12 +4

seagull good to know. I keep looking up the urine values but all it said was "varies", then I threw my computer and yelled "does that vary Mother F****ers. I do feel better now. +75

_yeetmasterflex glad I wasn't the only one who got very pissed off at the urine values +4

fulminant_life Usually the first thing I look at is whether or not the Cl- is high. Generally if the Cl- is high its going to be a normal gap +8

henoch schonlein i think they gave you the urine values bc you can calculate the URINE anion gap which is (Na + K - Cl). In this case the Urine Anion Gap is positive (5). Boards and Beyond mentions that a positive UAG is due to Renal Tubular Acidosis Type 1 (inability of alpha intercalated cells to secrete hydrogen ions). just another approach to answer this q +20

270onstep1 Actually diarrhea is the "D" in "HARDASS"(reason why I was stuck between Chron's and RTA). Ended up getting it right with RTA.. +1

talha_s So the reason this is not Crohn's disease is actually what BnB explains in Renal Tubular acidosis video. Anytime there is a Metabolic Acidosis with intact kidney secretion of H+, the URINARY Anion gap (Na+K-Cl) is NEGATIVE. This is because the excess NH4 that is secreted into urine is combined with Cl-. Therefore, in Crohn's disease and Type 2 Renal Tubular Acidosis, the urinary anion gap is NEGATIVE. In this question, the urinary anion gap is POSITIVE so this would be an example of Type 1 RTA because the kidney can not excrete H+. I got it right by chance, definitely did not understand it in this much detail when I was answering it lol +9

ih8payingfordis FA 2019 pg 580 - 581 +

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submitted by ∗abhishek021196(91),

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Unier noian gpa = irneU Na + K − Cl

nI a bimetlcoa aoisscid iwttuho a smrue nanio ag:p

A pvisoeit neriu niaon pag ssgtgesu a olw ruaryni NH4+ .eg.( rnlea rultuba s)cdaio.si

A evgtiena enuir nanoi agp ssggsteu a hihg rurinay 4H+N .(eg. hri)rad.ea

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Can nsoeoem xaplien wyh ti t'anc eb 'sohCnr sienc tath woudl oals asceu a nno GM?AA

drpatinoire If she has Crohn, she has already lost a lot of K, HCO3-, then the compensatory system wouldn't let her keep losing electrolytes in her urine. +1

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uYo ddint' lylaer edne ot caaultlec nniAo .gpa Teh bcaibr aws XALEIOELCPTYN lwo. Taht si eynlragle A.TR iAltalyin,odd eth Cl wsa vyer hghi in hte ittgens fo thero oalnmr tyreelcleo.st ollnad,iydiA.t ti wsa a s wlo tsoen orev( 2 wse)ke kcnigokn otu anmy ehrot iseohcc teall,aScyi( cLtcia sdsic,Aoi ,ADK dan ollcohAic otaoeK.)iscids

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UBT ywh is the surme ipmtaouss lomanr?

I aws aelb ot rornwa ti wdno to T,RA bcuaese oenn of hte thoer easnrw eoihscc eadm chmu snsee, but eth tsaipsumo had me csnedo ungesigs fey.lsm naC emesnoo laeinpx tath lba finn?igd sTkanh!

subclaviansteele My take is that hes not super acidotic and the K is at the low end. +

nwinkelmann see the comment by @zbird, which explains that the urine anion gap is important (which I took to interpret as more important than the serum K+ level, lol, because the normal K threw me off too). +

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hsiT tiaetpn sha ysaTeilp-Dt I RAT cihhw is deexnilap by olmNra rSemu iAnno apg 8() lctobieaM ssicoiad wtih ehr ospeitiv ryainur annio 5+a(gp.)

krewfoo99 Why would the urine Potassium be so high if it is type 1 ? Shouldnt it be type 2? +

drpatinoire @krewfoo99 I think it's RTA2 (Fanconi syndrome), he is losing all kinds of Na, K, Cl which should be reabsorbed in PCT. +

misterdoctor69 @Drpatinoire: it can't be RTA2 because the urine anion gap (UAG) is positive (+), which implies that the patient is unable to secrete H+ (via NH4+, which couples w/ Cl-). RTA2 on the other hand has a negative (-) UAG because RTA2 affects only the proximal tubule's ability to reabsorb bicarbonate (i.e. H+ secretion via NH4+ in the distal convoluted tubule is unaffected). +

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daddyyikes other than the patient not haveing any sxs of crohn's i dont see any reason why its not crohn's. we differ crohn's and rta by urine anion gap. in chronic diarrhoea it is negative while in rta its +ve but in question the anion gap was normal +