NDT Advance Access originally published online on October 12, 2005
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005 20(12):2851-2854; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi057
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Teaching Point
(Section Editor: A. Meyrier)
Lactate in a Laubenpieper
Medical Faculty of the Charité, Intensive Care Unit, Franz Volhard Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum-Berlin, Germany
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Friedrich C. Luft, Wiltberg Strasse 50, 13125 Berlin, Germany. Email: luft{at}fvk-berlin.de#
Acidbase 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.
Keywords: Lactate; Lactate acedosis; Beri Beri; Hyperkalaemia