Lactate in trauma: A poor predictor of mortality in the setting of alcohol ingestion

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1576-1579

  Herbert, Hadley K ^a   Dechert, Tracey A ^b   Wolfe, Luke ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Malhotra, Ajai K ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a   Duane, Therese M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BASE DEFICIT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 83755183163     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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