To the editor

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 460-

  Wira, Charles R ^a   Swenson, Kai E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE;

HUMANS; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84979740865     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.6371     Document Type: Letter

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