MUD PILES Mnemonic/Acronym
MUDPILES Mnemonic for High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis is one of the most popular and useful mnemonics to remember the causes of increased Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis.
The most common causes of high anion gap metabolic acidosis are ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, kidney failure, and toxic ingestions. But there are also several other causes that can be remembered using a mnemonic called MUD PILES.
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