Comment on the study 'Cerebrospinal fluid lactate: measurement of an adult reference interval' by Sally D Slack, Paul Turley, Victoria Allgar and Ian B Holbrook
2016
Abstract
There is the suggestion to the authors that lactate concentration in CSF is with low predictive value to define CNS inflammation. It is better to calculate coefficient of energy balance KEB to determine the extend of anaerobic metabolism in the CSF compartment.