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What does lactic acid test show? what do abnormal results mean?
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The main use: of Lactic acid in the medical setting is to diagnose the presence of Sepsis or bloodborne infection. Due to poor distribution of oxygen at the tissue level in the presence of infection, lactic acid is over- produced by affected cells.
Answered 1/6/2018
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