An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning: Use of Social Context in Diagnosing an Elevated Lactate

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• ² Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• ³ Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• ⁴ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• ⁵ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Andrew.Lai@ucsf.edu.