Monday, September 26, 2016

KARMEL mneumonic for high anion gap acidosis

The mnemonic MUDPILES is pretty long, so I like this one that I just came across on Wikipedia. Easy to remember!

KARMEL.

    K — Ketoacidosis
    A — aspirin
    R — Renal failure
    M — Methanol
    E — Ethylene glycol
    L — Lactic acidosis