Tag: Acidosis
Metabolic Acidosis
Definition and diagnosis:
DEFINITION:
Metabolic acidosis is defined by the association of an acidic blood pH (less than or equal to 7.37) with a decrease in...
Lactic acid (lactate)
Lactate is the ultimate form of the anaerobic breakdown of glucose.
This reaction occurs when tissue lacking oxygen.
Blood lactate therefore increases in all severe hypoxia.
Lactate...
