A STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF SERUM LACTATE LEVELS IN INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

Abstract

Background:  Intestinal obstruction is one of the commonest clinical problems encountered in surgical practice.Strangulation is one of the grave complications of intestinal obstruction that requires emergency laparotomy. During ischemia the cells will start anaerobic dissimilation and the serum lactate rises Dlactate is not produced in mammalian tissue, but it is detected in a situation of an abnormal proliferation of enteral bacterial flora due to mucosal injury following mesenteric ischemia.