lactate in blood from fetus

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 blood
• laboratory testing of fetal specimen