BET 2: Serum lactate as a marker for mortality in patients presenting to the emergency department with trauma

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-119

  Hung, Kevin K C ^a   Graham, Colin A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; MARKER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NOTE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61749100512     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.070797     Document Type: Note

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