RT Book, Section A1 Kenyon, Chén A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 Chiang, Vincent W. SR Print(0) ID 1146113286 T1 Acidosis T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071829281 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146113286 RD 2024/03/29 AB Acidosis is a common finding in many childhood disease states, ranging from self-resolving diarrheal illnesses to progressively degenerative mitochondrial disorders to acute septicemia and shock. Given the broad range of underlying illnesses and their disparate clinical consequences, identifying the specific etiology of acidosis is often crucial to a child’s hospital care. In circumstances where there is relative diagnostic certainty, appropriate identification and characterization of acidosis can contribute important clinical evidence for or against a prevailing diagnostic theory or management strategy. For patients whose illnesses have not been fully characterized, a rational approach to the interpretation of acidosis can help direct more specific diagnostic testing and further clinical evaluation.