Base excess and lactate as prognostic indicators for patients admitted to intensive care

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-83

  Smith, I ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Molloy, S ^a   Rhodes, A ^a   Newman, P J ^a   Grounds, R M ^a   Bennett, E D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base excess; Intensive care; Lactate; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LACTIC ACID; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LACTIC ACID; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 0035091819     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340051352     Document Type: Article

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