Hi all:
Just a short question, if patients come in with laxatives use and we diagnose factitious diarrhea, then the serum bicarbonate should be LOW, right? Because there is a chart in UW comparing some hypokalemia condition. And in factitious diarrhea, it says the serum bicarbonate is HIGH.
Besides, with diarrhea, our urine chloride ill be low or high? I think it would be high because in diarrhea we have metablic acidosis so we have to urinate more hydrogen and chloride?
Thank you!
Just a short question, if patients come in with laxatives use and we diagnose factitious diarrhea, then the serum bicarbonate should be LOW, right? Because there is a chart in UW comparing some hypokalemia condition. And in factitious diarrhea, it says the serum bicarbonate is HIGH.
Besides, with diarrhea, our urine chloride ill be low or high? I think it would be high because in diarrhea we have metablic acidosis so we have to urinate more hydrogen and chloride?
Thank you!
