title: [Metabolic acidosis--cause of sudden, unexplained death among chronic alcohol abusers].
abstract: Metabolic acidosis (lactic and ketoacidosis) are frequent cause of sudden, unexplained deaths of alcohol abusers with negative results of pathomorphological and toxicological determinations. We described the pathomechanism leading to the acidosis.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Biochemii i Fizjologii Klinicznej, Gdańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego. iwonar@gumed.edu.pl
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rybakowska
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Krystian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaletha
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sein Anand
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015984:Causality; D002423:Cause of Death; D015897:Comorbidity; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007662:Ketosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism