Explaines 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.
AOM is a commonly used acronym for the following subjects: 1  Academy of Management, a professional association for scholars of management and organizations. 2  Acousto-optic modulator, a device used in optics to shift the angle, intensity, frequency or phase of light. 3  Acute otitis media, inflammation of the middle ear.
What is 'Activity-Based Management - ABM' Activity-based management (ABM) is a procedure that originated in the 1980s for analyzing the processes of a business to identify strengths and weaknesses. Specifically, activity-based management seeks out areas where a business is losing money so that those activities can be eliminated or improved to increase profitability. ABM analyzes the costs of employees, equipment, facilities, distribution, overhead and other factors in business to determine and allocate activity costs.