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Articles and journal scans about Lactate
Article
January 2005
Pneumatic tube transport of samples for blood gas analysis
The significance of good practice during the pretesting
phase of clinical laboratory investigation cannot be
overemphasized. The production of high-quality, accurate results,
which are clinically useful, depends as much on practice before the
patient’s sample reaches the laboratory as it does on the
analytical phase...
Blood gases/acid-base
Process optimization
Preanalytical phase
Lactate
Article
July 2004
The heart of the matter
Blood gas analysis at the point of care plays an important role during and after an open-heart surgery. acutecaretesting.org recently talked to Prof. Knut Kleesiek, MD, Director of the Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine of the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, to find out more ...
Point-of-care testing
Blood gases/acid-base
Glucose
Hemoglobins
Lactate
Article
April 2004
The merit of routine cord blood measurement at birth
Cord blood ph measurement at birth, using relatively simple and non-invasive methods, provides obstetricians and perinatologists with an objective and sensitive measure for the condition of the infant during the final stage of birth.
As long as certain criteria are observed, the reported values are reliable. Routine ...
Neonatology
Blood gases/acid-base
Lactate
Article
January 2004
Useful tips to avoid preanalytical errors in blood gas testing: metabolites
Measurement of glucose and lactate after 30 minutes of storage at room temperature can give deviating results of up to 5 % [1,2] and 29 % of the reference value [3] respectively [1,4], due to in vitro glycolysis
Glucose and lactate are both important parameters in the surveillance of patients in critical care...
Preanalytical phase
Glucose
Quality assurance
Lactate
Blood gases/acid-base
Article
January 2004
Monitoring fluid and electrolyte therapy in the newborn intensive care unit
Fluid and electrolyte management is an important and challenging part of the management of any very premature or critically ill newborn. The newborn's ability to maintain fluid and electrolyte homeostasis in the face of the vagaries of extrauterine life is compromised by immature renal function.
The very premature...
Preanalytical phase
Neonatology
Glucose
Lactate
Creatinine/urea
Article
January 2004
Ole Siggaard-Andersen: The man behind the legend
When it comes to acid base, there is no getting around the name of Ole Siggaard-Andersen (OSA). acutecaretesting.org talks to the world-renowned Danish professor, who has become a legend in the field of blood gas.
Blood gases/acid-base
Lactate
Article
June 2003
Increased blood lactate levels: a marker of...?
Since Meakins in 1927 described the relationship between increased blood lactate levels and the presence of oxygen debt (tissue hypoxia) in patients with circulatory shock [1], lactate levels have been used to diagnose and monitor the treatment of these patients.
However, as lactate is a normal (end) product of...
Glucose
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Kidneys/fluids
Article
April 2003
Method comparison or procedure comparison?
With the increasing number of blood tests performed at the point of care (POC), it has become more and more important to perform method comparison studies, comparing new methods to the existing methods used in the laboratory (LAB). This is done primarily to ensure that uniform results are reported throughout the...
Quality assurance
Point-of-care testing
Preanalytical phase
Glucose
Lactate
Article
October 2002
The invention and development of the blood gas analysis apparatus
John Severinghaus, who recently turned 80, is one of the pioneers in the field of blood gas. To celebrate his birthday, bloodgas.org has asked him to look back on the first developments leading to the modern blood gas analyzers.
The following article has also been published in Anesthesiology, The Journal of the...
Point-of-care testing
Blood gases/acid-base
Glucose
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Article
June 2002
Glucose and lactate in neonatology (clinical focus)
Both high and low blood glucose levels may be dangerous to the newborn baby. Measurement of blood or plasma lactate concentrations gives an indication of the adequacy of oxygen delivery to tissues, and blood and CSF lactate levels are essential investigations in the diagnosis of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM)....
Glucose
Neonatology
Lactate
Hemoglobins