This article explores lactic acidosis, including types, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. It will also briefly review what a high lactate level means regarding potential medical outcomes.

Symptoms can include nausea and vomiting, fatigue and cramp. Depending on its severity, lactic acidosis can be serious. It will likely only be temporary if it’s due to overexercising because if ...

2 D-lactic acid acidosis presents as episodic neurological symptoms, usually following high carbohydrate meals.7 The manifestations are very variable, usually consisting of altered mental status (from ...

He was promptly started on intravenous fluids with a bicarbonate drip to concurrently treat his prerenal AKI and lactic acidosis, which resulted in rapid resolution of his symptoms. Renal function ...

Diagnosis. Lactic acidosis associated with prolonged exposure to linezolid. Management. Discontinuation of linezolid. Lactic acidosis is a common disorder associated with disturbed acid–base ...

Its physiological meaning has not yet been definitely determined, but the most common explanation is a failure of the body’s buffering mechanisms which leads to metabolic (lactic) acidosis. It was ...

Acidosis can occur following a large meal of feed rich in readily fermentable carbohydrates that causes the rate of lactic acid production in the rumen to exceed how quickly it can be used. Cereal ...

Survival after extreme arterial acidosis is uncommon. A case of metformin induced lactic acidosis is described where the presenting pH was 6.38 exacerbated by hypothermia (29°C). Increased anion gap ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. The term congenital lactic acidosis (CLA) refers to a group of inborn errors of mitochondrial ...

Objective: To compare the prognostic abilities of lactic acidosis and hyperlactatemia and determine the influence of metabolic acidosis when attempting to predict the outcome of septic patients using ...