Lactic acidosis: Difference between revisions
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*** Cardiac failure | *** Cardiac failure | ||
*** Sepsis | *** Sepsis | ||
*** CO poisoning | |||
*** CN poisoning | |||
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*** Alcoholism | *** Alcoholism | ||
**** Lactate utilization is impaired 2/2 impaired hepatic gluconeogenesis | **** Lactate utilization is impaired 2/2 impaired hepatic gluconeogenesis | ||
*** Liver disease | |||
*** Metformin | *** Metformin | ||
Revision as of 01:42, 3 March 2011
Background
- Most common cause of metabolic acidosis in hospitalized patients
- Type A
- Impaired tissue oxygenation
- Hypovolemia
- Cardiac failure
- Sepsis
- CO poisoning
- CN poisoning
- Impaired tissue oxygenation
- Type B
- No impaired tissue oxygenation
- Alcoholism
- Lactate utilization is impaired 2/2 impaired hepatic gluconeogenesis
- Liver disease
- Metformin
- Alcoholism
- No impaired tissue oxygenation