Electrolyte and acid-base disorders associated with AIDS: an etiologic review.
In summary, patients with HIV infection may develop a bewildering variety of electrolyte and acid-base disturbances. Hyponatremia from many causes is common and associated with an increased mortality. Potassium disorders are frequent, with hyperkalemia, even to life-threatening levels, more common than hypokalemia. Disturbances in calcium and uric acid homeostasis are less frequent. Acid-base disorders also complicate the clinical course of AIDS and, as with the electrolyte perturbations, may result from HIV infection itself, the illnesses associated with AIDS, or medications.
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Yale Primary Care Residency Program, Department of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut 06706.
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D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000209:etiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology