Blood lactate as prognostic marker in critically ill children: A problem related to production or clearance?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-272

  Ronco, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; ETHANE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; CHILD CARE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLACTATEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; CHILD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; NOTE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 28244441300     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1359     Document Type: Editorial

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