Explains how the lactate test is used, when a lactate test is ordered, and what the results of a lactate test might mean. The lactate test is primarily ordered to help determine if someone has lactic acidosis, a level of lactate that is high enough to disrupt a person's acid-base (ph) balance.
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ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) blood tests are used, usually in conjunction with cortisol tests, to help detect, diagnose, and monitor conditions associated with excessive or deficient cortisol in the body, such as Cushing disease, Cushing syndrome, Addison disease, secondary adrenal insufficiency, and hypopituitarism.
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The activated clotting time (ACT) is commonly used to monitor treatment with high dose heparin before, during, and shortly after medical procedures that require that blood be prevented from clotting, such as cardiac bypass surgery, cardiac angioplasty, and dialysis.
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Understand who needs inflammation and autoimmune testing and what you can expect from getting tested.
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