Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (749 page)

BOOK: Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis
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   Increased formation of acids
   Ketosis (DM, starvation, hyperthyroidism, high-fat low-carbohydrate diet, after trauma)
   Cellular hypoxia including lactic acidosis
   Decreased excretion of H
+
   Renal failure (prerenal, renal, and postrenal)
   Renal tubular acidosis
   Fanconi syndrome
   Acquired (drugs, hypercalcemia)
   Inherited (cystinosis, Wilson disease)
   Addison disease
   Respiratory acidosis
   Emphysema, pneumonia, and pulmonary edema
   Bronchoconstriction, plugs, and drugs depressing the respiratory center
   Obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease

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