lactate in CSF

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

• lactate in body fluid

Additional terms

• cerebrospinal fluid
• lactate

Component of

• lactate/pyruvate in CSF