Lactates

Lactic acid testing is one of the criteria for the diagnosis of lactic acidosis, which can lead to the lactate coma lactate coma occurring in diabetic patients.

Lactic acid is a product of anaerobic respiration, and its elevated levels are the cause of so-called lactic acidosis, occurring, for example, in diabetes, in people in shock or with congestive heart failure and in intoxication with ethanol, methyl alcohol, carbon monoxide, cyanides, salicylates. Determination of of lactate has found application in diagnosing inborn defects of metabolic defects and in monitoring sports training.