Is elevated plasma lactate a useful marker in the evaluation of pure carbon monoxide poisoning?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1372-1375

  Benaissa, M Lamine ^a   Mégarbane, Bruno ^a   Borron, Stephen W ^b   Baud, Frédéric J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Carbon monoxide; Lactate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON MONOXIDE; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041377870     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1866-0     Document Type: Article

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