Diagnosaurus
Lactic acidosis
Etiology
- Tissue hypoxia, eg, cardiogenic, septic, or hemorrhagic shock; seizure; carbon monoxide or cyanide poisoning
- Hepatic or renal failure
- Intestinal ischemia
- Diabetes, especially with metformin use
- Ketoacidosis
- Infection
- Leukemia or lymphoma
- Drugs: ethanol, methanol, salicylates, isoniazid
- AIDS
- Idiopathic
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Zeiger, Roni F.. "Lactic Acidosis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114268/all/Lactic_acidosis.
Zeiger RFR. Lactic acidosis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114268/all/Lactic_acidosis. Accessed March 28, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Lactic acidosis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114268/all/Lactic_acidosis
Zeiger RFR. Lactic Acidosis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 28]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114268/all/Lactic_acidosis.
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