Serum lactate as a screening tool and predictor of outcome in pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected infection

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 787-791

  Reed, Loren ^a   Carroll, Jennifer ^a   Cummings, Antonio ^a   Markwell, Stephen ^a   Wall, Jarrod ^a   Duong, Myto ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

infection; lactate; sepsis

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BICARBONATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PULSE; RESPIRATORY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84880657897     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318298389d     Document Type: Article

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