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Type 3 Renal Tubular AcidosisAka: Type III Renal Tubular Acidosis, Type III RTA

Pathophysiology
1. Variant of Type I RTA (Distal RTA) affecting children
2. Results in severe bicarbonate wasting
Signs
1. See Type I Renal Tubular Acidosis
2. Acute hypokalemic paralysis
3. Coma
4. Shock
Labs
1. See Type I Renal Tubular Acidosis
2. Serum Bicarbonate
  1. May precipitously fall to lethal levels (<3 meq/L)

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