Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension & Hypovolemia, Trauma & burns, Cardiogenic & Septic Shock, Severe Anemia, Cardiac Arrest, Severe Hypoxemia, Regional Ischemia, Compartment Syndrome
 • Increased O2 Demand: Stress / Pain / Exercise, Fever, Hypothermia & Shivering, Seizures, Beta-Agonists, ↑ work of breathing, Localized soft-tissue infection, Mesenteric Ischemia, Microcirculatory dysfunction

Type B: Impaired O2 Utilization (VO2) 
 • Drugs/Toxins: - Propofol (PRIS), Valproic Acid, Biguanides (Metformin), Linezolid, Lactulose, HIV Antiretrovirals (esp. NRTIs), Acetaminophen, Ethanol, Methanol & Other toxic alcohols, Sodium Nitroprusside, Others (ie. Ricin, Strychnine, Niacin, Salicylates, Isoniazid)
 • Impaired Clearance: Systemic liver Failure, Renal failure, Mitochondrial dysfunction, Inborn Errors of Metabolism
 • Other: - Infections (ie. HIV, Malaria, Late Sepsis), Malignancy (Leukemia/Lymphoma), Diabetes Mellitus +/- DKA, Alcoholic lactic acidosis, Deficiencies (Thiamine & Biotin)

Type D: Bacterial Overgrowth
 • Presents as AG acidosis with negative lactate. Difficult to diagnosis as it requires separate D-lactate testing
 • Seen in Short Bowel Syndrome, where decreased carbohydrate digestion leads to presence of additional sugars in the colon.
 • Bacteria ferment and convert these sugars into D-Lactate

Excerpted from original infographic by Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

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Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD · 2 years ago
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