Lactic acidosis: An update

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 322-333

  Seheult, Jansen ^a   Fitzpatrick, Gerard ^a   Boran, Gerard ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

D lactate; lactate dehydrogenase; lactate gap; lactate measurement; lactic acidosis

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LACTIC ACID; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; ANIMAL;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LACTATES;

EID: 85012922504     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0438     Document Type: Review

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