Can we use a point-of-care blood gas analyzer to measure the lactate concentration in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with suspected meningitis?

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018 Aug 28;56(9):e247-e248. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2017-1132.

Authors

Geoffroy Rousseau¹, Romain Asmolov^{2

3}, Adrien Auvet^{2

3}, Leslie Grammatico-Guillon^{2

4}, Antoine Guillon^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, Teaching Hospital of Tours, Tours, France.
² University of Tours, Tours, France.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Teaching Hospital of Tours, Tours, France.
⁴ Epidemiology Unit, Teaching Hospital of Tours, Tours, France.
⁵ CHRU Tours, Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Teaching Hospital of Tours, 2 Bd Tonnellé, F-37044Tours Cedex 9, France.

PMID: 29626414
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-1132

No abstract available

Keywords: bacterial meningitis; cerebrospinal fluid lactates; gas analyzer; point-of-care testing.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Blood Gas Analysis / methods*
Female
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Lactic Acid / cerebrospinal fluid*
Male
Meningitis / diagnosis*
Middle Aged
Point-of-Care Systems

Substances

Lactic Acid