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 PCM? PCM is an advanced system of crisis management. Unlike other methods that teach intervention techniques only after individuals have become non-compliant, agitated or aggressive, PCM focuses primarily on prevention before a crisis occurs.