From: Diagnosis and management of metabolic acidosis: guidelines from a French expert panel
Type A  Severe anemia  Septic, hemorrhagic, cardiogenic shock  CO poisoning  Organ ischemia  Convulsions  Intense physical exercise |
Type B  Sub-type B1—Underlying primary diseases   Cancer and hemopathy   Decompensated diabetes   HIV infection   Liver failure   Sepsis   Severe malaria attack  Sub-type B2—Medication and toxins   Alcohol   Beta-adrenergic agents   Cyanide and cyanogenic compounds   Diethyl ether   Fluorouracil (5-FU)   Halothane   Iron   Isoniazid   Linezolid   Metformin   Nalidixic acid   Niacin (vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid)   Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors   Paracetamol   Propofol   Psychostimulants: cocaine, amphetamines, cathinones   Salicylates   Strychnine   Sugars: fructose, sorbitol, xylitol   Sulfasalazine   Total parenteral nutrition   Valproic acid   Vitamin deficiency: thiamine (vitamin B1) and biotin (vitamin B8)  Sub-type B3—Inborn errors of metabolism   Fructose-1,6-diphosphatase deficiency   Glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency (von Gierke disease)   Kearns–Sayre syndrome   MELAS syndrome   MERRF syndrome   Methylmalonic acidemia (methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency)   Pearson syndrome   Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency   Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency |