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**[[Cyanide]] poisoning
**[[Cyanide]] poisoning


===Complete===
====Complete List====
*Any shock state
*Any shock state
*[[Seizure]]
*[[Seizure]]

Revision as of 02:33, 15 June 2016

Lactic acidosis

By Type

  • Type A (tissue hypoperfusion)
    • Hypovolemia
    • Cardiac failure
    • Sepsis
  • Type B (decreased utilization)
    • Alcoholism
      • ↓ Lactate utilization secondary to hepatic dysfunction
      • ↓ NAD+/NADH ratio leads to ↑ conversion of pyruvate to lactate
    • Metformin
    • DKA
      • Mainly due to D-lactate production, though hypovolemia contributes
    • Liver disease
    • Malignancy
    • Carbon Monoxide poisoning
    • Cyanide poisoning

Complete List

  • Any shock state
  • Seizure
  • Dead gut
  • Hepatic failure
  • Malignancy
  • Exercise
  • Albuterol and other beta agonists[1]
  • Toxicologic Causes:
    • Cyanide
    • Carbon Monoxide
    • Metformin
    • Didanosine
    • Stavudine
    • Zidovudine
    • Linezolid
    • Strychnine
    • Emtriva
    • Rotenone (Fish Poison
    • NaAzide (Lab Workers)
    • APAP (if Liver Fx)
    • Phospine (rodenticide)
    • NaMonofluoroacetate (Coyote Poison‐ give Etoh as antidote)
    • Inh (if patient seizes)
    • Hemlock
    • Depakote
    • Hydrogen Sulfide
    • Nitroprusside (if cyanide toxic)
    • Ricin & Castor Beans
    • Propofol
    • Sympathomimetics (cocaine, methamphetamine)
    • Jequirty peas (Abrus precatorius)
    • Prunus Amygdalus plants
    • Crab tree apple seeds & cassava (yucca)
  1. Dodda V and Spiro P. Albuterol, an Uncommonly Recognized Culprit in Lactic Acidosis. Chest. 2011;140.