title: Use of Lactate in Small Animal Clinical Practice.
abstract: Lactate is a product of anaerobic metabolism. Lactate concentration in blood is used clinically as an indicator of tissue hypoperfusion and hypoxia to determine disease severity, assess response to therapy, and predict outcome. This article reviews lactate physiology, sample collection and processing, and interpretation of lactate concentration in clinical practice.
authors: Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, 1352 Boyd Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108, USA. Electronic address: Shark009@umn.edu.
authors: Leslie C
authors: LC
authors: Sharkey
authors: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, 1925 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors: Maxey L
authors: ML
authors: Wellman
mesh_terms: D000140:Acidosis, Lactic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000639:trends / Q000662:veterinary*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019344:Lactic Acid
keywords: Hypoperfusion; Hypoxia; Lactate; Lactic acidosis; Metabolic acidosis; d-Lactate; l-Lactate