Lactic Acidosis
Lactic Acidosis: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Associated with Impaired Tissue Oxygenation
Shock (e.g., hypovolemic, cardiogenic, septic)
Hypoxemia, respiratory failure
Anemia, severe
Occurring in Absence of Apparent Hypoxemia or Circulatory Insufficiency
Diabetes, uncontrolled
Hepatic failure
Renal failure
Malignancy, especially leukemia or lymphoma
Drugs, toxins
Cyanide
Carbon monoxide
Methanol
Salicylates
Iron
Strychnine
Ethanol
Seizures
Excessive muscular activity (e.g., excessive exercise)
Alkalosis, respiratory or metabolic
d-Lactic acidosis (secondary to intestinal bacterial overgrowth)
Congenital enzyme deficiency (e.g., glycogen storage
disease)
References
1. Shapiro JI, Kaehny WD: Pathogenesis and Management of Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis, p. 130. See Bibliography, 4.
2. Rose, p. 554. See Bibliography, 3.
3. Kreisberg RA: Lactate Homeostasis and Lactic Acidosis.
Ann Intern Med 92:227, 1980.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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