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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Saud Khan M.D.


Overview

Lactic acidosis is classified as type A and type B according to the root cause being either a shortage of oxygen or other metabolic/acquired factors respectively.

Classification

The Cohen-Woods classification (1976) categorizes causes of lactic acidosis as follows:


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