preferred_name: Monitor for causes of metabolic acidosis (e.g., methanol or ethanol ingestion, uremia, diabetic ketoacidosis, alcoholic ketoacidosis, paraldehyde ingestion, lactic acidosis, sepsis, hypotension, hypoxia, ischemia, malnutrition, diarrhea, renal failure, hyperalimentation, hyperparathyroidism, salicylate toxicity, ethylene glycol ingestion)