The Association of Hypophosphatemia With Resistant Lactic Acidosis in Critical Care Illness

• Main Authors: Amr Essa MD (Author), Omar Kousa MD (Author), Dana Awad MD (Author), Makenzi Stevenson MD (Author), Bradley DeVrieze MD (Author), Douglas Moore MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Critically ill patients are known to have a variety of electrolyte abnormalities. Lactic acidosis can frequently be seen secondary to shock states and is usually treated with aggressive volume resuscitation. Interestingly, hypophosphatemia is a potential cause of resistant lactic acidosis, which may...