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Articles and journal scans about Lactate
Journal Scan
January 2008
Lactate measurement – point of care versus the laboratory
Lactate measurement is important for diagnostic and prognostic assessment of the critically ill. Traditionally, lactate has been measured on serum/plasma samples in the central laboratory, but modern blood gas and other point-of-care analyzers now provide the means for real-time monitoring of lactate on whole blood at ...
Point-of-care testing
Lactate
Article
October 2007
Lactate and lactic acidosis
The integrity and function of all cells depend on an adequate supply of oxygen. Severe acute illness is frequently associated with inadequate tissue perfusion and/or reduced amount of oxygen in blood (hypoxemia) leading to tissue hypoxia.
If not reversed, tissue hypoxia can rapidly progress to multiorgan failure and ...
Blood gases/acid-base
Glucose
Lactate
Kidneys/fluids
Article
July 2007
Ionized calcium
Homeostatic mechanisms ensure that in health the
extracellular fluid (ECF) concentration of electrolytes, including
calcium, is maintained within well-defined limits. Abnormality in
ECF calcium concentration can have profound adverse effects.
The
most common means of assessing calcium status is to measure total...
Preanalytical phase
Electrolytes
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Kidneys/fluids
Article
July 2006
Intrapartum asphyxia
In Geneva in 1821, a French nobleman Jacques Alexandre Le Jumeau, Vicomte de Kergaradec, became the pioneer of modern fetal monitoring. He described the sound of the fetal heartbeat, as he used the newly invented stethoscope (by Laennec, France 1819) and applied it to the abdominal wall of a pregnant woman [1].
The...
Blood gases/acid-base
Neonatology
Glucose
Lactate
Journal Scan
April 2006
Severe metabolic acidosis - an unusual case history
A recently published paper describes the sad case history of a 17-year-old man who was brought, unconscious and totally unresponsive (Glasgow Coma Score 3), by ambulance to the emergency department of his local hospital. Blood gas analysis revealed he was suffering severe metabolic acidosis (pH 7.25, bicarbonate 9...
Lactate
Blood gases/acid-base
Article
January 2006
Neonate capillary blood gas reference values
Reprinted with permission from Elsevier from "Neonate capillary blood gas reference values", by Jocelyne Cousineau, Suzanne Anctil, Ana Carceller, Monique Gonthier and Edgard E. Delvin, CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, Vol no 38, 2005, pp 905-907. Copyright 2005 by Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists.
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Neonatology
Blood gases/acid-base
Glucose
Hemoglobins
Lactate
Kidneys/fluids
Article
January 2006
Neonatology - Get in control of fetal scalp blood sampling
Interview
Fetal scalp Blood Sampling (FBS) – not exactly wishful thinking for the mother, nor for the obstetrician? The procedure is regarded as cumbersome, the sample quality is questionable and the consequences of the result may be instrumental vaginal delivery or Cesarian Section (CS).
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Preanalytical phase
Blood gases/acid-base
Neonatology
Lactate
Article
October 2005
Reducing phlebotomy blood loss in the NICU
Iatrogenic phlebotomy loss resulting
from the intensive clinical monitoring in the weeks
immediately following birth remains the primary
cause of neonatal anemia and the need for
red-blood-cell (RBC) transfusion.
Reducing RBC
transfusion needs in the neonatal intensive care
unit (NICU) requires new approaches for...
Neonatology
Preanalytical phase
Glucose
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Article
July 2005
Capillary blood gas and the big picture
Blood gases are measured from an arterial blood sample to evaluate the respiratory adequacy and oxygen status of the critically ill patient. For the adult patient, the arterial blood is sampled either by arterial puncture or from an indwelling catheter.
In neonates and children, the wish to minimize iatrogenic blood...
Neonatology
Blood gases/acid-base
Preanalytical phase
Glucose
Lactate
Article
July 2005
Neonatal capillary blood sampling
Capillary blood sampling via a heel lance is the most common procedure performed in hospitalized neonates. Adequate training and supervision of the personnel performing the procedure is necessary to prevent/minimize inadequate sampling volumes, false laboratory results and complications such as pain. Efforts should be ...
Preanalytical phase
Neonatology
Glucose
Lactate