Lab case 403

48-year-old man with history of Crohn’s disease and previous cardiac arrest. This patient presented with diarrhoea and vomiting for 2 days. His first VBG showed the following:

PH = 7.745

pCO2 = 36 mmHg

pO2 = 36 mmHg

HCO3 = 52 mmol/L

Na = 127 mmol/L

K = 2.7 mmol/L

Cl = 70 mmol/L

Hb = 158 g/L

Glucose = 8.1 mmol/L

Lactate = 3.7 mmol/L

Creatinine = 363 umol/L

Explain these results and what are the possible causes?