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Lactic Acid

Message
MUST BE DRAWN AT MAIN LAB CHOMP


Test Code
LAB95


Alias/See Also
LA, LAC


CPT Codes
83605

Instructions
Routine venipuncture Collect one Gray top (sodium fluoride) tube Place specimen on ice. Spin specimen immediately and separate plasma from cells. Specimen must be drawn at CHOMP Laboratory


Specimen Stability
Place specimen on ice. Spin specimen immediately and separate plasma from cells. Specimen must be drawn at CHOMP Laboratory


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Failure to follow proper collection and handling procedures


Methodology
Colorimetric:  Lactate in the sample is oxidized by lactate oxidase to pyruvate and hydrogen peroxide.

Setup Schedule
Daily STAT


Report Available
Daily STAT:1hr


Reference Range
0.7-2.1 mmol/L


Clinical Significance
Lactate is the end product of the anaerobic metabolism of glucose. The concentration of lactate in the blood is dependent on the rate of production in muscle cells and erythrocytes and the rate of metabolism in the liver. Lactic acidosis usually results from overproduction or underutilization of lactate. Elevated lactate levels can occur as a result of tissue hypoxia; diabetes mellitus; phenformin therapy; malignancies; glycogen storage disease; ethanol, methanol, or salicylate ingestion; and metabolic acidosis.




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