Lactate Gap: A Diagnostic Support in Severe Metabolic Acidosis of Unknown Origin

Ethylene glycol poisoning is a medical emergency. The metabolites glycolate and glyoxylate give metabolic acidosis. Because of similar structure, these metabolites are misinterpreted as lactate by many point-of-care blood gas analyzers. The falsely high lactate values can lead to misdiagnosis, inapp...

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Autores principales: Hauvik, Linn E., Varghese, Mercy, Nielsen, Erik W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5238240

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5238240

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