Prognostic value of blood lactate levels: Does the clinical diagnosis at admission matter?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-385

  Jansen, Tim C ^a   Van Bommel, Jasper ^a   Mulder, Paul G ^a   Lima, Alexandre P ^a   Van Der Hoven, Ben ^a   Rommes, Johannes H ^b   Snellen, Ferdinand T F ^c   Bakker, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Hyperlactatemia; Intensive care; Lactate; Prognosis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEPSIS; APACHE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE;

AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS;

EID: 67651159046     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181648e2f     Document Type: Article

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