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Table 4 Potential causes of increased anion gap metabolic acidosis

From: Management of the critically poisoned patient

Methanol

Uremia

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Iron, Inhalants (i.e. carbon monoxide, cyanide, toluene), Isoniazid, Ibuprofen

Lactic acidosis

Ethylene glycol, Ethanol ketoacidosis

Salicylates, Starvation ketoacidosis, Sympathomimetics