Table 1.

Patient’s laboratory values on the morning of the third day of admission.

Na+	135 mmol/l
K+	4.5 mmol/l
Cl−	111 mmol/l
Creatinine	84 umol/l
Albumin	32 g/l
Blood glucose	6.3 mmol/l
Lactate	<1.0 mmol/l
Salicylate	<1.0 mmol/l
β-hydroxybutarate	9.27 mmol/l
Arterial pH	7.15
Arterial PCO2	13
Arterial HCO3−	4
Anion gap	20