Table 3 Selected patients admitted to hospital from emergency department with “normal” (false negative AG of <12) with severe LA and their clinical course.

Age/sex	ED diagnosis	LA	Calculated AG	Adjusted AG	Albumin	pH	pCo2	Base excess	Hospital outcome
35/M	Severe rhabdomylosis	10.7	9	14.5	1.3	6.918	56	−19.1	Death
70/F	Sepsis	10.4	10	16.25	1.0	7.028	36	−20.3	Death
61/M	Abdominal pain	5.2	11	12.5	2.9	7.463	40	3.8	Discharged alive

LA, lactic acidosis; AG, anion gap.