Diseases

Hyperlactatemia

Increase in blood LACTATE concentration often associated with SEPTIC SHOCK; LUNG INJURY; SEPSIS; and DRUG TOXICITY. When hyperlactatemia is associated with low body pH (acidosis) it is LACTIC ACIDOSIS.

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Abstract

Increase in blood LACTATE concentration often associated with SEPTIC SHOCK; LUNG INJURY; SEPSIS; and DRUG TOXICITY. When hyperlactatemia is associated with low body pH (acidosis) it is LACTIC ACIDOSIS.

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  • Hyperlactatemias

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Lactates/blood (1967-2014)

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  1. C18.452w.479
  2. C23.888w.516

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hyperlactatemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065906. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065906
  2. Hyperlactatemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29019735