Lactate clearance predicts outcome after major trauma

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 61-65

  Heinonen, Essi ^a,b   Hardcastle, Timothy Craig ^b,c   Barle, Hans ^a   Muckart, David James Jackson ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

48 hour survival; Critically ill; Intensive care unit; Lactate; Lactate clearance

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84902544716     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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