Hi Gail,
You’re right …
I stole this from clinician’s brief for the numbers.
Abdominal glucose level > 20 mg/dL lower than blood glucose level (dogs) **needs translation to mmo/l)**
– Peritoneal fluid lactate level > 2.5 mmol/L or a difference < -2 mmol/L between lactate levels in blood and peritoneal fluid (dogs)
The glucose is used as an energy source for the bacteria in the abdomen hence it gets low.
