This module helps to understand the importance of the acid-base balance and the different ways the body maintains it. In addition, the metabolic acidosis in Inherited Metabolic Disorders is discussed, with a particular focus on differential diagnoses based on the presented acid-base disturbances.
Authors: François Eyskens, Sandra Kingma
The Diagnostic, Clinical and Therapeutic Education Programme on Inherited Metabolic Disorders. Module 02: Acids & bases made available on https://metab.ern-net.eu/education-programme/ and organized by MetabERN – European Reference Network for Hereditary Metabolic Disorders is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME® website have formally been accredited.
Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME® website have formally been accredited.
Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credits to AMA credits can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
This Module has been awarded with 1 ECMEC® credit
