Counterpoint: Should Lactate Clearance Be Substituted for Central Venous Oxygen Saturation as Goals of Early Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Therapy? No

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Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1408-1413

  Rivers, Emanuel P ^a   Elkin, Ronald ^b   Cannon, Chad M ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84856252555     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2563     Document Type: Editorial

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