Lactate in a laubenpieper.
Acid-base disorders seldom kill; however, the mechanisms and associated complications certainly do. We recently encountered a patient with a mysterious lactic acidosis. The patient proved to be a most capable teacher of important lessons.
Derer
Wolfgang
W
Medical Faculty of the Charité, Intensive Care Unit, Franz Volhard Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum-Berlin, Germany.
Elitok
Saban
S
Claus
Theresa
T
Schütt
Henry
H
Ruf
Rainer
R
Kettritz
Ralph
R
Luft
Friedrich C
FC
Pilz
Bernard
B
D000140:Acidosis, Lactic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001602:Beriberi / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D015415:Biomarkers; D019344:Lactic Acid