Cerebrospinal fluid lactate and pyruvate concentrations and their ratio in children: Age-related reference intervals

From: Clinical Chemistry | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Background: Lactate (L) and pyruvate (P) concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and the L/P ratio have diagnostic value in numerous primary and acquired disorders affecting the central nervous system, but age-related reference values are not available for children.

Methods: We analyzed CSF and blood lactate and pyruvate concentrations and their ratio in a 4-year retrospective survey of a children's hospital laboratory database. Reference intervals (10th-90th percentiles) were established from data on 197 hospitalized children. A recent regression modeling method was used to normalize and ...

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