Diagnostic finding
Acidosis
An increase in hydrogen ion concentration with a corresponding decrease in blood and tissue pH < 7.35.
Metabolic Acidosis Causes
Kidney failure
Severe diarrhea (loss of sodium bicarbonate)
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Lactic acidosis
Toxins (aspirin, methanol, or antifreeze)
Respiratory Acidosis Causes
Chronic lung diseases (asthma or COPD)
Chest injury/deformities that limit chest movement
Muscle weakness
Drug overuse (sedatives or opioids)
Referencing diagnoses
- Acute extremity ischemia
- Acute liver failure
- Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Asthma
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- COPD
- Crohn disease
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Femoral hernia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypokalemia
- Inguinal hernia
- Ischemic colitis
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Metabolic acidosis
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Peritonitis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Priapism
- Renal failure
- Respiratory acidosis
- Shock
- Volvulus
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