Utility of serum lactate to predict drug-overdose fatality

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 730-736

  Manini, Alex F ^a   Kumar, Ashish ^a   Olsen, Dean ^b   Vlahov, David ^c   Hoffman, Robert S ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Fatality; Overdose

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISON CENTER; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77957006889     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.504187     Document Type: Article

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