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You are asked to see a 19-year-old in resus with acute confusion. He was brought in by ambulance

You are asked to see a 19-year-old in resus with acute confusion. He was brought in by ambulance. Paramedics found empty bottles strewn across his room and vomitus on his clothes. His parents found him collapsed in the bathroom.

Arterial blood analysis:


Haemoglobin	10.0 g/dl	pH	7.08
White Blood Corpuscles	12.0 x 10^6	K+	5.9
Platelets	151 x10^6	Na+	136
Creatinine	551 mmol/dl	HCO3-	8
Urea	20.5 mmol/dl	Ca+	1.11
C-Reactive protein	35 mg/L	Glucose	5

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