Lactate clearance a better predictor of mortality than initial lactate level

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 593-594

  Gnanasegaram, Dhurga ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LACTATE CLEARANCE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METABOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 51049100837     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.064733     Document Type: Short Survey

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