lactate in body fluid

Introduction

see lactate in serum/plasma/blood

Principle

• lactate in serum/plasma/blood

Clinical significance

• lactate is the end product of the anaerobic metabolism of glucose
• lactic acidosis results from local tissue hypoxia caused by dehydration, poor perfusion, as a result of circulatory collapse, or cardiac failure

Specimen

• see lactate in serum/plasma/blood

More general terms

• general chemistry test

More specific terms

• D-lactate in body fluid
• lactate in CSF
• lactate in dialysis fluid
• lactate in gastric fluid
• lactate in peritoneal fluid
• lactate in pleural fluid
• lactate in serum/plasma/blood
• lactate in stool
• lactate in synovial fluid
• lactate in urine

Component of

• lactate/pyruvate in body fluid