Initial lactate levels greater than 36 mg/dL were significantly associated with increased mortality in children treated for sepsis in the ED, according to the results of an observational cohort study ...

Lactate measurements already have many uses but are still playing an increasingly important role in healthcare. With typical levels of approximately 2 mM/mL, lactate is a by-product of energy used in ...

A new study on fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), a sudden and severe shutdown of the liver, examined ways of determining early on whether patients would benefit from a transplant as opposed to ...

In clinical practice, lactate is a well-established tool for establishing diagnosis and prognosis in critically ill patients. 1 It can be used to diagnose sepsis and can also help in monitoring ...

Researchers performed a retrospective study of cats treated in the intensive care unit of Penn's Ryan Hospital. In cats with low blood pressure, the researchers found that animals with a normal level ...

Scientists at Tohoku University have discovered the critical role that lactate plays in helping neural stem cells develop into specialized neurons, a process dubbed neuronal differentiation. They also ...