Table 1: Venous Blood Gas on admission.

pH

7.17

pO2 (kPa)

4.2

pCO2 (kPa)

1.8

Bicarbonate (mmol/L)

11.7

Blood Glucose (mmol/L)

10.5

Anion Gap

29

Base excess

-16.8

Lactate (mmol/L)

1.3