Lab case 414

50-year-old man with history of type II diabetes and colorectal cancer. He is on Metformin and other anti-diabetic medications. He has been started on new chemotherapeutic medication. He has nausea and poor oral intake. He presented with hypoglycemia. Sugar level was corrected on arrival, his venous blood gases showed the following:

PH = 7.30

pCO2 = 34.4 mmHg

HCO3 = 16.6 mmol/L

Na = 132 mmol/L

K = 4.4 mmol/L

Cl = 104 mmol/L

Glucose = 3.9 mmol/L

Lactate = 8.4 mmol.L

Creatinine = 340 umol/L

Ketones = 2.1 mmol/L

 

Interpret these results?