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.

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Published in:	Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation Vol. 20; no. 12; pp. 2851 - 2854
Main Authors:	Derer, Wolfgang, Elitok, Saban, Claus, Theresa, Schütt, Henry, Ruf, Rainer, Kettritz, Ralph, Luft, Friedrich C., Pilz, Bernard
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press 01-12-2005 Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects:	Acidosis, Lactic - blood Acidosis, Lactic - diagnosis Acidosis, Lactic - etiology Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Beri Beri Beriberi - blood Beriberi - complications Biological and medical sciences Biomarkers - blood Diagnosis, Differential Disease Progression Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management Humans Hyperkalaemia Intensive care medicine Lactate Lactate acedosis Lactic Acid - blood Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Kidney disease Urinary system disease Lactate Hemodialysis Nutrition disorder Vitamin deficiency Hyperkalaemia B-Vitamins Extrarenal dialysis Lactates Lactate acedosis Renal failure Lactic acid Nutritional status Thiamine Beri beri
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Summary:	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.
Bibliography:	Correspondence and offprint requests to: Friedrich C. Luft, Wiltberg Strasse 50, 13125 Berlin, Germany. Email: luft@fvk-berlin.de local:gfi057 istex:058A91B88DCF138D24687663BB42F34F071D1FE4 ark:/67375/HXZ-4PQS1HFG-8 ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0931-0509 1460-2385
DOI:	10.1093/ndt/gfi057